About block 959,256
Bitcoin block 959,256 was mined by SpiderPool on July 23, 2026 at 12:37 PM UTC, 1 min 11 s after block 959,255. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,419 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0078 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1328 BTC for this block.
Block 959,256 is number 1,657 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 359 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,744 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 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,423 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.