About block 959,797
Bitcoin block 959,797 was mined by SpiderPool on July 27, 2026 at 7:04 AM UTC, 23 seconds after block 959,796. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,119 transactions in 1.52 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 0.0096 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1346 BTC for this block.
Block 959,797 is number 182 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,834 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,203 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,770 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.