About block 959,896
Bitcoin block 959,896 was mined by Unknown on July 27, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC, 5 min 19 s after block 959,895. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,223 transactions in 1.87 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 959,896 is number 281 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,735 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,104 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. Unknown found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,619 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.