About block 960,296
Bitcoin block 960,296 was mined by SpiderPool on July 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM UTC, 6 min 11 s after block 960,295. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,576 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 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 960,296 is number 681 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,335 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,704 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 13,282 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.