About block 955,731
Bitcoin block 955,731 was mined by ViaBTC on June 27, 2026 at 11:21 PM UTC, 40 min 13 s after block 955,730. 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 4,173 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0421 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1671 BTC for this block.
Block 955,731 is number 148 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,868 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,269 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19,264 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.