About block 959,798
Bitcoin block 959,798 was mined by ViaBTC on July 27, 2026 at 7:11 AM UTC, 7 min 5 s after block 959,797. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,664 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0114 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1364 BTC for this block.
Block 959,798 is number 183 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,833 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,202 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 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,769 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.