About block 959,312
Bitcoin block 959,312 was mined by SpiderPool on July 23, 2026 at 9:56 PM UTC, 23 min 10 s after block 959,311. 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 4,452 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0302 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1552 BTC for this block.
Block 959,312 is number 1,713 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 303 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,688 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 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,344 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.