About block 960,984
Bitcoin block 960,984 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on August 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM UTC, 54 seconds after block 960,983. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,527 transactions in 1.40 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0115 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1365 BTC for this block.
Block 960,984 is number 1,369 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 647 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,016 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,587 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.