About block 959,821
Bitcoin block 959,821 was mined by AntPool on July 27, 2026 at 10:10 AM UTC, 37 min 33 s after block 959,820. 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 4,811 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0449 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1699 BTC for this block.
Block 959,821 is number 206 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,810 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,179 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 13,730 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.