About block 959,552
Bitcoin block 959,552 was mined by AntPool on July 25, 2026 at 12:07 PM UTC, 11 min 40 s after block 959,551. 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 4,896 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 959,552 is number 1,953 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 63 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,448 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,008 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.