About block 959,311
Bitcoin block 959,311 was mined by SpiderPool on July 23, 2026 at 9:33 PM UTC, 17 min 42 s after block 959,310. 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 3,970 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0269 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1519 BTC for this block.
Block 959,311 is number 1,712 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 304 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,689 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 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,345 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.