About block 958,988
Bitcoin block 958,988 was mined by ViaBTC on July 21, 2026 at 9:08 AM UTC, 3 min 10 s after block 958,987. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,929 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0196 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1446 BTC for this block.
Block 958,988 is number 1,389 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 627 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,012 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. ViaBTC found 86 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,797 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.