About block 958,640
Bitcoin block 958,640 was mined by MARA Pool on July 19, 2026 at 1:32 AM UTC, 13 min 36 s after block 958,639. 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 5,172 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 958,640 is number 1,041 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 975 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,360 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. MARA Pool found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,328 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.