About block 960,398
Bitcoin block 960,398 was mined by Unknown on July 31, 2026 at 12:38 PM UTC, 13 min 26 s after block 960,397. 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 3,631 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0442 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1692 BTC for this block.
Block 960,398 is number 783 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,233 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,602 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. Unknown found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,218 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.