About block 959,505
Bitcoin block 959,505 was mined by ViaBTC on July 25, 2026 at 5:02 AM UTC, 29 min 45 s after block 959,504. 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 3,582 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0292 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1542 BTC for this block.
Block 959,505 is number 1,906 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 110 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,495 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 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,073 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.