About block 958,495
Bitcoin block 958,495 was mined by ViaBTC on July 18, 2026 at 4:39 AM UTC, 6 min 28 s after block 958,494. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,062 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0097 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1347 BTC for this block.
Block 958,495 is number 896 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,120 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,505 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,539 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.