About block 959,263
Bitcoin block 959,263 was mined by ViaBTC on July 23, 2026 at 1:49 PM UTC, 26 min 53 s after block 959,262. 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 3,439 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0495 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1745 BTC for this block.
Block 959,263 is number 1,664 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 352 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,737 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,409 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.