About block 959,031
Bitcoin block 959,031 was mined by Unknown on July 21, 2026 at 4:15 PM UTC, 4 min 26 s after block 959,030. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,734 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 959,031 is number 1,432 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 584 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,969 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. Unknown found 10 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,736 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.