About block 959,187
Bitcoin block 959,187 was mined by SpiderPool on July 22, 2026 at 11:09 PM UTC, 18 min 33 s after block 959,186. 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 4,251 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0259 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1509 BTC for this block.
Block 959,187 is number 1,588 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 428 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,813 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. SpiderPool found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,516 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.