About block 958,609
Bitcoin block 958,609 was mined by AntPool on July 18, 2026 at 9:17 PM UTC, 6 min 4 s after block 958,608. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,175 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% 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 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 958,609 is number 1,010 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,006 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,391 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,368 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.