About block 958,938
Bitcoin block 958,938 was mined by AntPool on July 20, 2026 at 11:20 PM UTC, 53 min 15 s after block 958,937. 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 4,150 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0696 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1946 BTC for this block.
Block 958,938 is number 1,339 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 677 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,062 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,872 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.