About block 959,716
Bitcoin block 959,716 was mined by AntPool on July 26, 2026 at 3:49 PM UTC, 22 min 40 s after block 959,715. 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 4,555 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0276 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1526 BTC for this block.
Block 959,716 is number 101 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,915 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,284 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 13,800 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.