About block 959,722
Bitcoin block 959,722 was mined by ViaBTC on July 26, 2026 at 5:19 PM UTC, 52 seconds after block 959,721. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,779 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 959,722 is number 107 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,909 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,278 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 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,804 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.