About block 959,343
Bitcoin block 959,343 was mined by AntPool on July 24, 2026 at 1:46 AM UTC, 1 min 24 s after block 959,342. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,560 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0070 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1320 BTC for this block.
Block 959,343 is number 1,744 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 272 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,657 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 14,306 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.