About block 959,656
Bitcoin block 959,656 was mined by SpiderPool on July 26, 2026 at 5:02 AM UTC, 17 min 49 s after block 959,655. 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 4,478 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0159 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1409 BTC for this block.
Block 959,656 is number 41 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,975 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,344 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,846 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.