About block 959,471
Bitcoin block 959,471 was mined by ViaBTC on July 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC, 21 min 22 s after block 959,470. 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 4,303 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0488 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1738 BTC for this block.
Block 959,471 is number 1,872 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 144 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,529 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 14,118 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.