About block 959,531
Bitcoin block 959,531 was mined by SECPOOL on July 25, 2026 at 9:07 AM UTC, 26 min 22 s after block 959,530. 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 4,488 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0263 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1513 BTC for this block.
Block 959,531 is number 1,932 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 84 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,469 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,040 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.