About block 959,438
Bitcoin block 959,438 was mined by SpiderPool on July 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM UTC, 4 min 3 s after block 959,437. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,214 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 959,438 is number 1,839 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 177 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,562 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 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,164 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.