About block 958,973
Bitcoin block 958,973 was mined by SpiderPool on July 21, 2026 at 5:33 AM UTC, 26 min 53 s after block 958,972. 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 4,128 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0222 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1472 BTC for this block.
Block 958,973 is number 1,374 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 642 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,027 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,817 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.