About block 960,897
Bitcoin block 960,897 was mined by SpiderPool on August 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM UTC, 18 min 29 s after block 960,896. 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 3,874 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0655 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1905 BTC for this block.
Block 960,897 is number 1,282 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 734 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,103 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,629 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.