About block 959,612
Bitcoin block 959,612 was mined by Unknown on July 25, 2026 at 10:32 PM UTC, 12 min 37 s after block 959,611. 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 4,473 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 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 959,612 is number 2,013 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 3 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,388 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. Unknown found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,914 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.