About block 959,461
Bitcoin block 959,461 was mined by ViaBTC on July 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM UTC, 6 min 26 s after block 959,460. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,132 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0169 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1419 BTC for this block.
Block 959,461 is number 1,862 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 154 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,539 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 14,134 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.