About block 958,985
Bitcoin block 958,985 was mined by SpiderPool on July 21, 2026 at 8:39 AM UTC, 11 min 17 s after block 958,984. 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 4,159 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0213 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1463 BTC for this block.
Block 958,985 is number 1,386 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 630 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,015 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,800 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.