About block 958,589
Bitcoin block 958,589 was mined by AntPool on July 18, 2026 at 5:15 PM UTC, 6 min 58 s after block 958,588. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,999 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 958,589 is number 990 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,026 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,411 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,394 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.