About block 960,964
Bitcoin block 960,964 was mined by NiceHash on August 4, 2026 at 4:37 AM UTC, 20 min 23 s after block 960,963. 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 3,737 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0242 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1492 BTC for this block.
Block 960,964 is number 1,349 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 667 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,036 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,603 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.