About block 959,650
Bitcoin block 959,650 was mined by AntPool on July 26, 2026 at 4:18 AM UTC, 10 min 49 s after block 959,649. 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 5,737 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 959,650 is number 35 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,981 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,350 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 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,858 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.