About block 960,159
Bitcoin block 960,159 was mined by AntPool on July 29, 2026 at 10:46 PM UTC, 28 min 14 s after block 960,158. 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 4,098 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0472 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1722 BTC for this block.
Block 960,159 is number 544 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,472 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,841 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 13,356 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.