About block 960,599
Bitcoin block 960,599 was mined by SECPOOL on August 1, 2026 at 5:49 PM UTC, 8 min 23 s after block 960,598. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,525 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0210 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1460 BTC for this block.
Block 960,599 is number 984 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,032 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,401 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. SECPOOL found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,979 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.