About block 959,489
Bitcoin block 959,489 was mined by AntPool on July 25, 2026 at 1:16 AM UTC, 10 min 56 s after block 959,488. 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 5,618 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 959,489 is number 1,890 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 126 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,511 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,089 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.