About block 959,162
Bitcoin block 959,162 was mined by SECPOOL on July 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM UTC, 13 min 36 s after block 959,161. 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 4,336 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0391 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1641 BTC for this block.
Block 959,162 is number 1,563 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 453 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,838 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,555 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.