About block 959,768
Bitcoin block 959,768 was mined by AntPool on July 27, 2026 at 1:16 AM UTC, 52 min 43 s after block 959,767. 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 4,270 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0415 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1665 BTC for this block.
Block 959,768 is number 153 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,863 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,232 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,792 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.