About block 958,948
Bitcoin block 958,948 was mined by AntPool on July 21, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC, 2 min 16 s after block 958,947. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,120 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0062 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1312 BTC for this block.
Block 958,948 is number 1,349 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 667 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,052 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,856 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.