About block 959,696
Bitcoin block 959,696 was mined by Unknown on July 26, 2026 at 11:52 AM UTC, 1 min 47 s after block 959,695. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,656 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0061 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1311 BTC for this block.
Block 959,696 is number 81 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,935 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,304 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. Unknown found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,819 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.