About block 959,220
Bitcoin block 959,220 was mined by AntPool on July 23, 2026 at 5:18 AM UTC, 23 min 28 s after block 959,219. 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 4,258 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 959,220 is number 1,621 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 395 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,780 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 14,472 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.