About block 959,686
Bitcoin block 959,686 was mined by AntPool on July 26, 2026 at 10:47 AM UTC, 13 min 3 s after block 959,685. 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 5,191 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% 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 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 959,686 is number 71 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,945 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,314 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 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,822 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.