About block 959,368
Bitcoin block 959,368 was mined by ViaBTC on July 24, 2026 at 4:52 AM UTC, 5 min 32 s after block 959,367. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,003 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 959,368 is number 1,769 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 247 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,632 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 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,267 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.