About block 959,361
Bitcoin block 959,361 was mined by AntPool on July 24, 2026 at 4:03 AM UTC, 4 min 15 s after block 959,360. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,091 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0090 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1340 BTC for this block.
Block 959,361 is number 1,762 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 254 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,639 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 14,274 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.