About block 960,157
Bitcoin block 960,157 was mined by NiceHash on July 29, 2026 at 10:12 PM UTC, 2 min 19 s after block 960,156. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,701 transactions in 2.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0108 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1358 BTC for this block.
Block 960,157 is number 542 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,474 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,843 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,358 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.