About block 959,601
Bitcoin block 959,601 was mined by AntPool on July 25, 2026 at 7:58 PM UTC, 8 min 50 s after block 959,600. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,430 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0139 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1389 BTC for this block.
Block 959,601 is number 2,002 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 14 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,399 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,931 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.