About block 958,871
Bitcoin block 958,871 was mined by SpiderPool on July 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM UTC, 9 min 28 s after block 958,870. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,558 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 958,871 is number 1,272 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 744 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,129 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. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,976 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.