About block 959,028
Bitcoin block 959,028 was mined by AntPool on July 21, 2026 at 3:53 PM UTC, 9 min 43 s after block 959,027. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,540 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 959,028 is number 1,429 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 587 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,972 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. AntPool found 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,739 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.