About block 958,918
Bitcoin block 958,918 was mined by ViaBTC on July 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM UTC, 4 min 8 s after block 958,917. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,947 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0149 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1399 BTC for this block.
Block 958,918 is number 1,319 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 697 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,082 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 14,905 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.