About block 959,557
Bitcoin block 959,557 was mined by SpiderPool on July 25, 2026 at 12:25 PM UTC, 4 min 1 s after block 959,556. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,231 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0087 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1337 BTC for this block.
Block 959,557 is number 1,958 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 58 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,443 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,003 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.