About block 958,863
Bitcoin block 958,863 was mined by SpiderPool on July 20, 2026 at 10:27 AM UTC, 5 min 5 s after block 958,862. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,674 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0062 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1312 BTC for this block.
Block 958,863 is number 1,264 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 752 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,137 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 14,984 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.