About block 958,611
Bitcoin block 958,611 was mined by AntPool on July 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM UTC, 2 min 14 s after block 958,610. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,859 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0079 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1329 BTC for this block.
Block 958,611 is number 1,012 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,004 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,389 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 15,366 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.