About block 959,822
Bitcoin block 959,822 was mined by AntPool on July 27, 2026 at 10:32 AM UTC, 21 min 13 s after block 959,821. 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 4,810 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0331 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1581 BTC for this block.
Block 959,822 is number 207 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,809 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,178 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 13,729 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.