About block 958,471
Bitcoin block 958,471 was mined by AntPool on July 18, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC, 18 min 22 s after block 958,470. 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 3,615 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0285 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1535 BTC for this block.
Block 958,471 is number 872 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,144 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,529 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,575 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.