About block 959,404
Bitcoin block 959,404 was mined by Unknown on July 24, 2026 at 9:29 AM UTC, 11 min 47 s after block 959,403. 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 4,786 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 959,404 is number 1,805 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 211 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,596 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. Unknown found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,212 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.