About block 959,839
Bitcoin block 959,839 was mined by SpiderPool on July 27, 2026 at 12:07 PM UTC, 1 min 28 s after block 959,838. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,031 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0060 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1310 BTC for this block.
Block 959,839 is number 224 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,792 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,161 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,701 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.