About block 958,828
Bitcoin block 958,828 was mined by MARA Pool on July 20, 2026 at 5:21 AM UTC, 13 min 55 s after block 958,827. 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 5,684 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 958,828 is number 1,229 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 787 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,172 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,039 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.