About block 959,316
Bitcoin block 959,316 was mined by SpiderPool on July 23, 2026 at 10:36 PM UTC, 8 min 15 s after block 959,315. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,427 transactions in 1.87 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0198 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1448 BTC for this block.
Block 959,316 is number 1,717 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 299 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,684 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 14,340 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.