About block 960,562
Bitcoin block 960,562 was mined by SECPOOL on August 1, 2026 at 12:53 PM UTC, 17 min 22 s after block 960,561. 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 4,296 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0349 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1599 BTC for this block.
Block 960,562 is number 947 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,069 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,438 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 13,033 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.