About block 960,178
Bitcoin block 960,178 was mined by SpiderPool on July 30, 2026 at 12:34 AM UTC, 13 min 35 s after block 960,177. 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 6,034 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 960,178 is number 563 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,453 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,822 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,348 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.