About block 959,310
Bitcoin block 959,310 was mined by AntPool on July 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM UTC, 3 min 54 s after block 959,309. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,684 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 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 959,310 is number 1,711 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 305 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,690 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 14,346 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.