About block 955,861
Bitcoin block 955,861 was mined by ViaBTC on June 28, 2026 at 11:18 PM UTC, 13 min 28 s after block 955,860. 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 4,036 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0203 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1453 BTC for this block.
Block 955,861 is number 278 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,738 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,139 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 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19,122 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.