About block 960,500
Bitcoin block 960,500 was mined by SpiderPool on August 1, 2026 at 3:13 AM UTC, 6 min 47 s after block 960,499. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,419 transactions in 1.73 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 0.0334 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1584 BTC for this block.
Block 960,500 is number 885 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,131 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,500 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 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,116 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.