About block 955,966
Bitcoin block 955,966 was mined by ViaBTC on June 29, 2026 at 6:53 PM UTC, 5 min 9 s after block 955,965. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,816 transactions in 1.80 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0325 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1575 BTC for this block.
Block 955,966 is number 383 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,633 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,034 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 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19,005 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.