About block 959,900
Bitcoin block 959,900 was mined by SECPOOL on July 27, 2026 at 11:13 PM UTC, 3 min 21 s after block 959,899. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,635 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.9% 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 0.0090 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1340 BTC for this block.
Block 959,900 is number 285 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,731 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,100 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,608 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.