About block 959,889
Bitcoin block 959,889 was mined by SpiderPool on July 27, 2026 at 9:29 PM UTC, 15 min 36 s after block 959,888. 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 4,364 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0244 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1494 BTC for this block.
Block 959,889 is number 274 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,742 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,111 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 13,626 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.