About block 959,989
Bitcoin block 959,989 was mined by AntPool on July 28, 2026 at 3:33 PM UTC, 3 min 9 s after block 959,988. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,355 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0118 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1368 BTC for this block.
Block 959,989 is number 374 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,642 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,011 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,513 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.