About block 959,677
Bitcoin block 959,677 was mined by AntPool on July 26, 2026 at 9:04 AM UTC, 40 min 35 s after block 959,676. 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 4,684 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0340 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1590 BTC for this block.
Block 959,677 is number 62 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,954 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,323 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,825 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.