About block 958,897
Bitcoin block 958,897 was mined by SECPOOL on July 20, 2026 at 2:57 PM UTC, 6 min 17 s after block 958,896. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,601 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0253 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1503 BTC for this block.
Block 958,897 is number 1,298 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 718 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,103 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. SECPOOL found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,934 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.