About block 958,979
Bitcoin block 958,979 was mined by AntPool on July 21, 2026 at 7:02 AM UTC, 33 min 9 s after block 958,978. 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 3,435 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0385 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1635 BTC for this block.
Block 958,979 is number 1,380 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 636 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,021 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,811 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.