About block 958,537
Bitcoin block 958,537 was mined by AntPool on July 18, 2026 at 10:23 AM UTC, 8 min 59 s after block 958,536. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,919 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 958,537 is number 938 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,078 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,463 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,472 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.