About block 959,219
Bitcoin block 959,219 was mined by AntPool on July 23, 2026 at 4:55 AM UTC, 6 min 3 s after block 959,218. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,478 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0096 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1346 BTC for this block.
Block 959,219 is number 1,620 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 396 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,781 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,474 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.