About block 959,929
Bitcoin block 959,929 was mined by AntPool on July 28, 2026 at 4:28 AM UTC, 11 min 31 s after block 959,928. 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 3,859 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 959,929 is number 314 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,702 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,071 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,573 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.