About block 960,949
Bitcoin block 960,949 was mined by Foundry USA on August 4, 2026 at 2:06 AM UTC, 16 min 11 s after block 960,948. 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 1.61 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 0.0235 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1485 BTC for this block.
Block 960,949 is number 1,334 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 682 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,051 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Foundry USA found 265 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,611 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.