About block 959,619
Bitcoin block 959,619 was mined by AntPool on July 26, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC, 10 min 27 s after block 959,618. 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 3,858 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0212 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1462 BTC for this block.
Block 959,619 is number 4 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 2,012 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,381 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,907 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.