About block 959,379
Bitcoin block 959,379 was mined by SpiderPool on July 24, 2026 at 5:52 AM UTC, 3 min 42 s after block 959,378. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,129 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 959,379 is number 1,780 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 236 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,621 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 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,252 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.