About block 959,446
Bitcoin block 959,446 was mined by AntPool on July 24, 2026 at 5:14 PM UTC, 6 min 17 s after block 959,445. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,019 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.9% 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 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 959,446 is number 1,847 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 169 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,554 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,154 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.