About block 958,442
Bitcoin block 958,442 was mined by AntPool on July 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM UTC, 38 min 38 s after block 958,441. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,110 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, up from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0980 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2230 BTC for this block.
Block 958,442 is number 843 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,173 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,558 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,622 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.