About block 960,985
Bitcoin block 960,985 was mined by SpiderPool on August 4, 2026 at 8:28 AM UTC, 8 min 42 s after block 960,984. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,092 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 960,985 is number 1,370 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 646 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,015 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,590 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.