About block 959,693
Bitcoin block 959,693 was mined by AntPool on July 26, 2026 at 11:46 AM UTC, 7 min 44 s after block 959,692. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,486 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 959,693 is number 78 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,938 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,307 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,822 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.