About block 959,223
Bitcoin block 959,223 was mined by AntPool on July 23, 2026 at 6:10 AM UTC, 11 min 40 s after block 959,222. 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 3,765 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 959,223 is number 1,624 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 392 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,777 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,469 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.