About block 960,001
Bitcoin block 960,001 was mined by SpiderPool on July 28, 2026 at 4:52 PM UTC, 18 min 55 s after block 960,000. 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 1.54 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 0.0328 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1578 BTC for this block.
Block 960,001 is number 386 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,630 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,999 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 13,501 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.