About block 959,987
Bitcoin block 959,987 was mined by SpiderPool on July 28, 2026 at 3:23 PM UTC, 5 min 6 s after block 959,986. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,135 transactions in 1.70 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 0.0321 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1571 BTC for this block.
Block 959,987 is number 372 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,644 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,013 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 13,521 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.