About block 959,703
Bitcoin block 959,703 was mined by AntPool on July 26, 2026 at 1:45 PM UTC, 9 min 6 s after block 959,702. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,175 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0139 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1389 BTC for this block.
Block 959,703 is number 88 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,928 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,297 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,812 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.