About block 959,251
Bitcoin block 959,251 was mined by AntPool on July 23, 2026 at 12:16 PM UTC, 18 min 8 s after block 959,250. 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 4,376 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0306 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1556 BTC for this block.
Block 959,251 is number 1,652 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 364 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,749 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,428 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.