About block 958,856
Bitcoin block 958,856 was mined by Luxor on July 20, 2026 at 9:40 AM UTC, 8 min 47 s after block 958,855. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,807 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0133 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1383 BTC for this block.
Block 958,856 is number 1,257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,144 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. Luxor found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,994 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.