About block 958,991
Bitcoin block 958,991 was mined by SpiderPool on July 21, 2026 at 10:04 AM UTC, 16 min 49 s after block 958,990. 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 3,265 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0390 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1640 BTC for this block.
Block 958,991 is number 1,392 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 624 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,009 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,794 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.