About block 959,197
Bitcoin block 959,197 was mined by ViaBTC on July 23, 2026 at 1:26 AM UTC, 48 min 1 s after block 959,196. 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 4,439 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0447 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1697 BTC for this block.
Block 959,197 is number 1,598 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 418 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,803 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 14,499 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.