About block 955,988
Bitcoin block 955,988 was mined by ViaBTC on June 29, 2026 at 11:17 PM UTC, 7 min 22 s after block 955,987. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,128 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0236 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1486 BTC for this block.
Block 955,988 is number 405 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,611 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,012 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 18,981 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.