About block 959,942
Bitcoin block 959,942 was mined by AntPool on July 28, 2026 at 7:17 AM UTC, 50 min 55 s after block 959,941. 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 4,378 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0864 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2114 BTC for this block.
Block 959,942 is number 327 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,689 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,058 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. AntPool found 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,566 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.