About block 959,868
Bitcoin block 959,868 was mined by SpiderPool on July 27, 2026 at 6:21 PM UTC, 7 min 56 s after block 959,867. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,819 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0276 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1526 BTC for this block.
Block 959,868 is number 253 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,763 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,132 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 13,658 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.