About block 959,542
Bitcoin block 959,542 was mined by SECPOOL on July 25, 2026 at 10:39 AM UTC, 2 min 18 s after block 959,541. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,798 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 959,542 is number 1,943 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 73 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,458 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 14,025 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.