About block 959,886
Bitcoin block 959,886 was mined by SpiderPool on July 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM UTC, 3 min 14 s after block 959,885. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,821 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 959,886 is number 271 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,745 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,114 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,629 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.