About block 958,821
Bitcoin block 958,821 was mined by AntPool on July 20, 2026 at 4:19 AM UTC, 5 min 16 s after block 958,820. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,841 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 958,821 is number 1,222 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 794 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,179 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 15,050 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.