About block 960,259
Bitcoin block 960,259 was mined by SECPOOL on July 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM UTC, 5 min 50 s after block 960,258. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,181 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0180 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1430 BTC for this block.
Block 960,259 is number 644 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,372 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,741 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 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,308 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.