About block 958,873
Bitcoin block 958,873 was mined by ViaBTC on July 20, 2026 at 11:48 AM UTC, 11 min 40 s after block 958,872. 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 5,037 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 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 958,873 is number 1,274 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 742 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,127 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. ViaBTC found 87 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,966 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.