About block 959,502
Bitcoin block 959,502 was mined by AntPool on July 25, 2026 at 4:23 AM UTC, 12 min 48 s after block 959,501. 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 5,458 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0156 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1406 BTC for this block.
Block 959,502 is number 1,903 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 113 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,498 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 14,076 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.