About block 959,894
Bitcoin block 959,894 was mined by WhitePool on July 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM UTC, 13 min 13 s after block 959,893. 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 4,333 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0222 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1472 BTC for this block.
Block 959,894 is number 279 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,737 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,106 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. WhitePool found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,621 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.