About block 959,873
Bitcoin block 959,873 was mined by NiceHash on July 27, 2026 at 7:13 PM UTC, 24 min 28 s after block 959,872. 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 4,527 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 0.0440 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1690 BTC for this block.
Block 959,873 is number 258 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,758 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,127 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,643 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.