About block 959,984
Bitcoin block 959,984 was mined by SpiderPool on July 28, 2026 at 2:40 PM UTC, 3 min 19 s after block 959,983. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,950 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0130 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1380 BTC for this block.
Block 959,984 is number 369 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,647 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,016 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 13,524 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.