About block 959,851
Bitcoin block 959,851 was mined by SECPOOL on July 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM UTC, 5 min 45 s after block 959,850. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,790 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0428 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1678 BTC for this block.
Block 959,851 is number 236 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,780 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,149 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,683 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.