About block 959,421
Bitcoin block 959,421 was mined by SpiderPool on July 24, 2026 at 12:46 PM UTC, 27 min 17 s after block 959,420. 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 4,266 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0435 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1685 BTC for this block.
Block 959,421 is number 1,822 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 194 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,579 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 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,185 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.