About block 958,597
Bitcoin block 958,597 was mined by ViaBTC on July 18, 2026 at 6:51 PM UTC, 9 min 9 s after block 958,596. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,172 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% 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 0.0258 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1508 BTC for this block.
Block 958,597 is number 998 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,018 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,403 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. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,381 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.