About block 960,571
Bitcoin block 960,571 was mined by SECPOOL on August 1, 2026 at 2:35 PM UTC, 8 min 28 s after block 960,570. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,712 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 960,571 is number 956 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,060 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,429 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 13,018 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.