About block 959,282
Bitcoin block 959,282 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on July 23, 2026 at 4:48 PM UTC, 23 min 44 s after block 959,281. 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 4,351 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0468 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1718 BTC for this block.
Block 959,282 is number 1,683 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 333 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,718 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,385 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.