About block 959,049
Bitcoin block 959,049 was mined by ViaBTC on July 21, 2026 at 7:36 PM UTC, 13 min 19 s after block 959,048. 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 4,379 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0283 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1533 BTC for this block.
Block 959,049 is number 1,450 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 566 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,951 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 86 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,713 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.