About block 959,596
Bitcoin block 959,596 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on July 25, 2026 at 7:28 PM UTC, 30 min 11 s after block 959,595. 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 4,415 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0348 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1598 BTC for this block.
Block 959,596 is number 1,997 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 19 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,404 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,936 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.