About block 959,445
Bitcoin block 959,445 was mined by ViaBTC on July 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM UTC, 3 min 50 s after block 959,444. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,256 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0201 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1451 BTC for this block.
Block 959,445 is number 1,846 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 170 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,555 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 81 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,155 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.