About block 959,451
Bitcoin block 959,451 was mined by AntPool on July 24, 2026 at 5:57 PM UTC, 7 min 33 s after block 959,450. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,219 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0321 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1571 BTC for this block.
Block 959,451 is number 1,852 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 164 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,549 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 14,149 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.