About block 960,172
Bitcoin block 960,172 was mined by SECPOOL on July 30, 2026 at 12:01 AM UTC, 7 min 50 s after block 960,171. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,281 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0156 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1406 BTC for this block.
Block 960,172 is number 557 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,459 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,828 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,360 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.