About block 959,952
Bitcoin block 959,952 was mined by AntPool on July 28, 2026 at 9:02 AM UTC, 5 min 45 s after block 959,951. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,813 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% 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 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 959,952 is number 337 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,679 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,048 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,563 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.