About block 959,854
Bitcoin block 959,854 was mined by Binance Pool on July 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM UTC, 35 min 44 s after block 959,853. 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 4,445 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0780 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.2030 BTC for this block.
Block 959,854 is number 239 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,777 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,146 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. Binance Pool found 14 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,682 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.