About block 959,237
Bitcoin block 959,237 was mined by SpiderPool on July 23, 2026 at 8:44 AM UTC, 21 min 17 s after block 959,236. 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 4,610 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0340 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1590 BTC for this block.
Block 959,237 is number 1,638 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 378 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,763 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 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,446 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.