About block 958,987
Bitcoin block 958,987 was mined by AntPool on July 21, 2026 at 9:04 AM UTC, 15 min 12 s after block 958,986. 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 3,184 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0336 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1586 BTC for this block.
Block 958,987 is number 1,388 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 628 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,013 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 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,798 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.