About block 959,678
Bitcoin block 959,678 was mined by AntPool on July 26, 2026 at 9:23 AM UTC, 19 min 9 s after block 959,677. 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 5,036 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0239 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1489 BTC for this block.
Block 959,678 is number 63 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,953 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,322 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 13,824 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.