About block 960,271
Bitcoin block 960,271 was mined by SpiderPool on July 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM UTC, 4 min 9 s after block 960,270. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,559 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 960,271 is number 656 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,360 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,729 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,300 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.