About block 959,297
Bitcoin block 959,297 was mined by AntPool on July 23, 2026 at 7:11 PM UTC, 16 min 51 s after block 959,296. 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 3,828 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% 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 0.0328 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1578 BTC for this block.
Block 959,297 is number 1,698 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 318 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,703 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 14,360 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.