About block 959,453
Bitcoin block 959,453 was mined by SECPOOL on July 24, 2026 at 6:36 PM UTC, 26 min 58 s after block 959,452. 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 4,530 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0481 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1731 BTC for this block.
Block 959,453 is number 1,854 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 162 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,547 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,142 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.