About block 959,023
Bitcoin block 959,023 was mined by AntPool on July 21, 2026 at 3:22 PM UTC, 4 min 11 s after block 959,022. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,412 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 959,023 is number 1,424 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 592 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,977 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 14,745 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.