About block 960,530
Bitcoin block 960,530 was mined by SECPOOL on August 1, 2026 at 7:19 AM UTC, 15 min 14 s after block 960,529. 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 3,941 transactions in 1.86 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0634 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1884 BTC for this block.
Block 960,530 is number 915 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,101 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,470 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,072 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.