About block 960,338
Bitcoin block 960,338 was mined by SpiderPool on July 31, 2026 at 3:10 AM UTC, 18 min 17 s after block 960,337. 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 2,725 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0495 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1745 BTC for this block.
Block 960,338 is number 723 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,293 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,662 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. SpiderPool found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,257 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.