About block 958,884
Bitcoin block 958,884 was mined by AntPool on July 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC, 6 min 14 s after block 958,883. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,906 transactions in 1.54 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 0.0131 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1381 BTC for this block.
Block 958,884 is number 1,285 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 731 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,116 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,948 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.