About block 959,469
Bitcoin block 959,469 was mined by ViaBTC on July 24, 2026 at 9:26 PM UTC, 18 min 11 s after block 959,468. 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 4,617 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0413 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1663 BTC for this block.
Block 959,469 is number 1,870 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 146 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,531 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 81 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,120 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.