About block 959,035
Bitcoin block 959,035 was mined by Unknown on July 21, 2026 at 4:48 PM UTC, 14 min 9 s after block 959,034. 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 4,640 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0306 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1556 BTC for this block.
Block 959,035 is number 1,436 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 580 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,965 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. Unknown found 10 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,729 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.