About block 959,963
Bitcoin block 959,963 was mined by SpiderPool on July 28, 2026 at 11:11 AM UTC, 17 min 51 s after block 959,962. 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 3,646 transactions in 1.51 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 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 959,963 is number 348 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,668 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,037 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,553 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.