About block 958,539
Bitcoin block 958,539 was mined by ViaBTC on July 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM UTC, 24 min 26 s after block 958,538. 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 4,637 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0247 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1497 BTC for this block.
Block 958,539 is number 940 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,076 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,461 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 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,470 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.