About block 959,988
Bitcoin block 959,988 was mined by SpiderPool on July 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM UTC, 7 min 15 s after block 959,987. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,590 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0212 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1462 BTC for this block.
Block 959,988 is number 373 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,643 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,012 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,514 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.