About block 959,631
Bitcoin block 959,631 was mined by SpiderPool on July 26, 2026 at 1:54 AM UTC, 15 min 9 s after block 959,630. 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 5,275 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 959,631 is number 16 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 2,000 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,369 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,885 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.