About block 960,600
Bitcoin block 960,600 was mined by SpiderPool on August 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM UTC, 14 min 7 s after block 960,599. 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 4,921 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 960,600 is number 985 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,031 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,400 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,978 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.