About block 959,753
Bitcoin block 959,753 was mined by AntPool on July 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC, 17 min 10 s after block 959,752. 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 4,078 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0273 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1523 BTC for this block.
Block 959,753 is number 138 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,878 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,247 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,798 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.