About block 959,740
Bitcoin block 959,740 was mined by WhitePool on July 26, 2026 at 8:28 PM UTC, 2 min 57 s after block 959,739. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,384 transactions in 1.95 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 959,740 is number 125 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,891 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,260 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. WhitePool found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,803 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.