About block 959,731
Bitcoin block 959,731 was mined by Unknown on July 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM UTC, 30 min 53 s after block 959,730. 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 4,582 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0403 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1653 BTC for this block.
Block 959,731 is number 116 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,900 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,269 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. Unknown found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,805 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.