About block 958,989
Bitcoin block 958,989 was mined by ViaBTC on July 21, 2026 at 9:36 AM UTC, 28 min 2 s after block 958,988. 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 4,615 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0489 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1739 BTC for this block.
Block 958,989 is number 1,390 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 626 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,011 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. ViaBTC found 86 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,796 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.