About block 960,396
Bitcoin block 960,396 was mined by Binance Pool on July 31, 2026 at 12:23 PM UTC, 15 min 11 s after block 960,395. 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 3,799 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0630 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1880 BTC for this block.
Block 960,396 is number 781 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,235 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,604 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. Binance Pool found 11 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,220 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.