About block 959,000
Bitcoin block 959,000 was mined by BTC.com on July 21, 2026 at 11:33 AM UTC, 11 min 23 s after block 958,999. 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 4,871 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 959,000 is number 1,401 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 615 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,000 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. BTC.com found 14 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,783 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.