About block 959,172
Bitcoin block 959,172 was mined by SECPOOL on July 22, 2026 at 8:17 PM UTC, 3 min 9 s after block 959,171. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,950 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0119 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1369 BTC for this block.
Block 959,172 is number 1,573 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 443 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,828 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 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,537 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.