About block 959,956
Bitcoin block 959,956 was mined by AntPool on July 28, 2026 at 9:47 AM UTC, 6 min 16 s after block 959,955. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,948 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 959,956 is number 341 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,675 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,044 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 13,559 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.