About block 959,860
Bitcoin block 959,860 was mined by SECPOOL on July 27, 2026 at 4:55 PM UTC, 14 min 41 s after block 959,859. 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 3,947 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0465 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1715 BTC for this block.
Block 959,860 is number 245 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,771 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,140 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,672 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.