About block 960,198
Bitcoin block 960,198 was mined by SECPOOL on July 30, 2026 at 2:21 AM UTC, 11 min 29 s after block 960,197. 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 5,290 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 960,198 is number 583 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,433 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,802 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 13,334 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.