About block 958,629
Bitcoin block 958,629 was mined by ViaBTC on July 18, 2026 at 11:55 PM UTC, 20 min 38 s after block 958,628. 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 4,476 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 958,629 is number 1,030 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 986 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,371 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 92 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,341 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.