About block 959,864
Bitcoin block 959,864 was mined by SpiderPool on July 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM UTC, 16 min 29 s after block 959,863. 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 4,488 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0271 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1521 BTC for this block.
Block 959,864 is number 249 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,767 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,136 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 13,662 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.