About block 958,566
Bitcoin block 958,566 was mined by AntPool on July 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM UTC, 11 min 58 s after block 958,565. 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 3,622 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 958,566 is number 967 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,049 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,434 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 15,432 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.