About block 959,681
Bitcoin block 959,681 was mined by Binance Pool on July 26, 2026 at 9:49 AM UTC, 15 min 54 s after block 959,680. 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 4,038 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0196 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1446 BTC for this block.
Block 959,681 is number 66 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,950 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,319 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. Binance Pool found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,827 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.