About block 959,441
Bitcoin block 959,441 was mined by SpiderPool on July 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM UTC, 11 min 14 s after block 959,440. 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 4,309 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0388 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1638 BTC for this block.
Block 959,441 is number 1,842 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 174 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,559 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 14,159 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.