About block 959,048
Bitcoin block 959,048 was mined by AntPool on July 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM UTC, 5 min 52 s after block 959,047. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,273 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0187 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1437 BTC for this block.
Block 959,048 is number 1,449 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 567 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,952 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,714 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.