About block 959,973
Bitcoin block 959,973 was mined by AntPool on July 28, 2026 at 12:42 PM UTC, 11 min 15 s after block 959,972. 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 3,908 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% 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 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 959,973 is number 358 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,658 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,027 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,542 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.