About block 959,772
Bitcoin block 959,772 was mined by AntPool on July 27, 2026 at 2:15 AM UTC, 10 min 37 s after block 959,771. 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 4,480 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% 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 959,772 is number 157 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,859 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,228 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,788 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.