About block 958,838
Bitcoin block 958,838 was mined by SpiderPool on July 20, 2026 at 7:01 AM UTC, 19 min 48 s after block 958,837. 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 4,437 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0242 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1492 BTC for this block.
Block 958,838 is number 1,239 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 777 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,162 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. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,020 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.