About block 959,533
Bitcoin block 959,533 was mined by AntPool on July 25, 2026 at 9:28 AM UTC, 11 min 5 s after block 959,532. 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 5,005 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% 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 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 959,533 is number 1,934 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 82 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,467 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. AntPool found 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,038 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.