About block 958,685
Bitcoin block 958,685 was mined by AntPool on July 19, 2026 at 6:34 AM UTC, 2 min 36 s after block 958,684. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,654 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0076 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1326 BTC for this block.
Block 958,685 is number 1,086 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 930 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,315 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,260 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.