About block 958,559
Bitcoin block 958,559 was mined by SECPOOL on July 18, 2026 at 1:57 PM UTC, 12 min 47 s after block 958,558. 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 5,177 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0180 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1430 BTC for this block.
Block 958,559 is number 960 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,056 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,441 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,445 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.