About block 958,479
Bitcoin block 958,479 was mined by AntPool on July 18, 2026 at 2:57 AM UTC, 39 min 44 s after block 958,478. 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 3,723 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0452 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1702 BTC for this block.
Block 958,479 is number 880 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,136 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,521 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,559 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.