About block 958,981
Bitcoin block 958,981 was mined by AntPool on July 21, 2026 at 7:35 AM UTC, 30 min 52 s after block 958,980. 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 3,860 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0394 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1644 BTC for this block.
Block 958,981 is number 1,382 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 634 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,019 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. AntPool found 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,805 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.