About block 959,958
Bitcoin block 959,958 was mined by Unknown on July 28, 2026 at 10:06 AM UTC, 9 min 42 s after block 959,957. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,811 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 959,958 is number 343 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,673 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,042 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. Unknown found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,558 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.