About block 959,990
Bitcoin block 959,990 was mined by SpiderPool on July 28, 2026 at 3:56 PM UTC, 22 min 44 s after block 959,989. 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 4,362 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0336 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1586 BTC for this block.
Block 959,990 is number 375 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,641 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,010 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 13,512 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.