About block 960,543
Bitcoin block 960,543 was mined by SECPOOL on August 1, 2026 at 9:35 AM UTC, 21 min 26 s after block 960,542. 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 4,390 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0291 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1541 BTC for this block.
Block 960,543 is number 928 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,088 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,457 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,057 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.