About block 958,661
Bitcoin block 958,661 was mined by ViaBTC on July 19, 2026 at 4:34 AM UTC, 12 min 54 s after block 958,660. 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 5,600 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 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 958,661 is number 1,062 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 954 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,339 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 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,296 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.