About block 959,871
Bitcoin block 959,871 was mined by Luxor on July 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM UTC, 16 min 59 s after block 959,870. 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 3,559 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0374 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1624 BTC for this block.
Block 959,871 is number 256 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,760 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,129 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. Luxor found 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,655 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.