About block 958,638
Bitcoin block 958,638 was mined by AntPool on July 19, 2026 at 1:15 AM UTC, 4 min 36 s after block 958,637. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,211 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 958,638 is number 1,039 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 977 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,362 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. AntPool found 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,330 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.