About block 959,837
Bitcoin block 959,837 was mined by ViaBTC on July 27, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC, 2 min 44 s after block 959,836. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,664 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0103 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1353 BTC for this block.
Block 959,837 is number 222 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,794 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,163 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 13,702 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.