About block 959,824
Bitcoin block 959,824 was mined by AntPool on July 27, 2026 at 10:36 AM UTC, 3 min 20 s after block 959,823. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,224 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0106 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1356 BTC for this block.
Block 959,824 is number 209 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,807 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,176 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,727 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.