About block 959,846
Bitcoin block 959,846 was mined by SECPOOL on July 27, 2026 at 2:11 PM UTC, 34 min 11 s after block 959,845. 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 4,101 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0690 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1940 BTC for this block.
Block 959,846 is number 231 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,785 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,154 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,697 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.