About block 959,685
Bitcoin block 959,685 was mined by ViaBTC on July 26, 2026 at 10:34 AM UTC, 8 min 48 s after block 959,684. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,556 transactions in 1.50 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 0.0110 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1360 BTC for this block.
Block 959,685 is number 70 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,946 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,315 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 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,823 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.