About block 958,491
Bitcoin block 958,491 was mined by Unknown on July 18, 2026 at 4:29 AM UTC, 9 min 48 s after block 958,490. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,951 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0152 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1402 BTC for this block.
Block 958,491 is number 892 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,124 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,509 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. Unknown found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,543 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.