About block 958,974
Bitcoin block 958,974 was mined by Binance Pool on July 21, 2026 at 5:58 AM UTC, 24 min 27 s after block 958,973. 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 3,840 transactions in 1.54 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 0.0251 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1501 BTC for this block.
Block 958,974 is number 1,375 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 641 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,026 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. Binance Pool found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,816 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.