About block 960,979
Bitcoin block 960,979 was mined by SpiderPool on August 4, 2026 at 7:42 AM UTC, 18 min 50 s after block 960,978. 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 4,397 transactions in 1.53 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 0.0326 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1576 BTC for this block.
Block 960,979 is number 1,364 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 652 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,021 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 12,592 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.