About block 958,459
Bitcoin block 958,459 was mined by AntPool on July 17, 2026 at 10:51 PM UTC, 23 min 28 s after block 958,458. 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 4,064 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0507 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1757 BTC for this block.
Block 958,459 is number 860 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,156 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,541 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 15,594 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.