About block 955,862
Bitcoin block 955,862 was mined by ViaBTC on June 28, 2026 at 11:28 PM UTC, 10 min 4 s after block 955,861. 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 5,321 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 955,862 is number 279 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,737 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,138 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 19,121 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.