About block 960,871
Bitcoin block 960,871 was mined by NiceHash on August 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM UTC, 15 min 47 s after block 960,870. 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 4,244 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 960,871 is number 1,256 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 760 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,129 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,644 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.