About block 959,724
Bitcoin block 959,724 was mined by AntPool on July 26, 2026 at 5:40 PM UTC, 6 min 48 s after block 959,723. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,206 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0188 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1438 BTC for this block.
Block 959,724 is number 109 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,907 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,276 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,802 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.