About block 960,987
Bitcoin block 960,987 was mined by SECPOOL on August 4, 2026 at 8:58 AM UTC, 22 min 20 s after block 960,986. 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 3,597 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0330 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1580 BTC for this block.
Block 960,987 is number 1,372 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 644 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,013 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,588 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.