About block 958,858
Bitcoin block 958,858 was mined by AntPool on July 20, 2026 at 9:51 AM UTC, 5 min 36 s after block 958,857. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,326 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0099 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1349 BTC for this block.
Block 958,858 is number 1,259 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 757 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,142 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,992 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.