About block 960,872
Bitcoin block 960,872 was mined by SpiderPool on August 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM UTC, 3 min 33 s after block 960,871. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,849 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 960,872 is number 1,257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,128 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,643 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.