About block 959,974
Bitcoin block 959,974 was mined by AntPool on July 28, 2026 at 12:48 PM UTC, 6 min 4 s after block 959,973. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,615 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0141 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1391 BTC for this block.
Block 959,974 is number 359 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,657 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,026 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 13,541 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.