About block 958,565
Bitcoin block 958,565 was mined by AntPool on July 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM UTC, 18 min 13 s after block 958,564. 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 4,495 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0307 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1557 BTC for this block.
Block 958,565 is number 966 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,050 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,435 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. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,433 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.