About block 959,406
Bitcoin block 959,406 was mined by AntPool on July 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM UTC, 9 min 9 s after block 959,405. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,390 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 959,406 is number 1,807 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 209 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,594 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,203 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.