About block 960,864
Bitcoin block 960,864 was mined by SECPOOL on August 3, 2026 at 12:18 PM UTC, 6 min 8 s after block 960,863. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,299 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0198 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1448 BTC for this block.
Block 960,864 is number 1,249 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 767 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,136 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 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,644 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.