About block 959,354
Bitcoin block 959,354 was mined by AntPool on July 24, 2026 at 3:20 AM UTC, 7 min 12 s after block 959,353. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,242 transactions in 1.89 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 959,354 is number 1,755 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 261 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,646 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,286 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.