About block 959,026
Bitcoin block 959,026 was mined by SpiderPool on July 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM UTC, 3 min 35 s after block 959,025. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,444 transactions in 2.01 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, SpiderPool earned 3.1368 BTC for this block.
Block 959,026 is number 1,427 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 589 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,974 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,742 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.