About block 960,520
Bitcoin block 960,520 was mined by SpiderPool on August 1, 2026 at 6:27 AM UTC, 38 min 14 s after block 960,519. 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 4,226 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0513 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1763 BTC for this block.
Block 960,520 is number 905 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,111 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,480 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 13,086 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.