About block 958,816
Bitcoin block 958,816 was mined by AntPool on July 20, 2026 at 3:51 AM UTC, 12 min 19 s after block 958,815. 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 5,040 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0141 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1391 BTC for this block.
Block 958,816 is number 1,217 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 799 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,184 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 210 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,055 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.