About block 960,249
Bitcoin block 960,249 was mined by BTC.com on July 30, 2026 at 11:16 AM UTC, 17 min 33 s after block 960,248. 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 3,973 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 960,249 is number 634 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,382 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,751 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. BTC.com found 11 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,318 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.