About block 959,490
Bitcoin block 959,490 was mined by ViaBTC on July 25, 2026 at 1:36 AM UTC, 20 min 2 s after block 959,489. 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 4,151 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0244 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1494 BTC for this block.
Block 959,490 is number 1,891 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 125 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,510 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 14,088 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.