About block 958,902
Bitcoin block 958,902 was mined by AntPool on July 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM UTC, 11 min 8 s after block 958,901. 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 4,264 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0241 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1491 BTC for this block.
Block 958,902 is number 1,303 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 713 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,098 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 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,929 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.