About block 958,943
Bitcoin block 958,943 was mined by Unknown on July 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM UTC, 3 min 30 s after block 958,942. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,241 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 958,943 is number 1,344 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 672 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,057 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. Unknown found 11 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,865 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.