About block 959,173
Bitcoin block 959,173 was mined by SECPOOL on July 22, 2026 at 8:29 PM UTC, 12 min 14 s after block 959,172. 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 4,586 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0224 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1474 BTC for this block.
Block 959,173 is number 1,574 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 442 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,827 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 14,536 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.