About block 958,995
Bitcoin block 958,995 was mined by AntPool on July 21, 2026 at 10:38 AM UTC, 4 min 15 s after block 958,994. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,754 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% 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 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 958,995 is number 1,396 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 620 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,005 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. AntPool found 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,789 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.