About block 959,739
Bitcoin block 959,739 was mined by AntPool on July 26, 2026 at 8:25 PM UTC, 9 min 46 s after block 959,738. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,823 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 959,739 is number 124 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,892 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,261 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 13,797 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.