About block 959,468
Bitcoin block 959,468 was mined by AntPool on July 24, 2026 at 9:08 PM UTC, 23 min 51 s after block 959,467. 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 3,437 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0489 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1739 BTC for this block.
Block 959,468 is number 1,869 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 147 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,532 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,121 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.