About block 959,171
Bitcoin block 959,171 was mined by AntPool on July 22, 2026 at 8:14 PM UTC, 6 min 0 s after block 959,170. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,758 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0170 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1420 BTC for this block.
Block 959,171 is number 1,572 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 444 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,829 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,538 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.