About block 958,478
Bitcoin block 958,478 was mined by ViaBTC on July 18, 2026 at 2:18 AM UTC, 20 min 46 s after block 958,477. 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 3,949 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0297 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1547 BTC for this block.
Block 958,478 is number 879 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,137 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,522 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,560 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.