About block 959,232
Bitcoin block 959,232 was mined by AntPool on July 23, 2026 at 7:54 AM UTC, 7 min 37 s after block 959,231. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,963 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% 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 0.0227 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1477 BTC for this block.
Block 959,232 is number 1,633 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 383 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,768 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,455 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.