About block 960,254
Bitcoin block 960,254 was mined by SpiderPool on July 30, 2026 at 12:06 PM UTC, 8 min 26 s after block 960,253. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,072 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0208 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1458 BTC for this block.
Block 960,254 is number 639 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,377 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,746 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,313 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.