About block 959,735
Bitcoin block 959,735 was mined by ViaBTC on July 26, 2026 at 7:57 PM UTC, 17 min 14 s after block 959,734. 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 4,719 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0274 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1524 BTC for this block.
Block 959,735 is number 120 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,896 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,265 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 13,808 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.