About block 959,842
Bitcoin block 959,842 was mined by ViaBTC on July 27, 2026 at 12:25 PM UTC, 7 min 30 s after block 959,841. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,792 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0184 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1434 BTC for this block.
Block 959,842 is number 227 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,789 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,158 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 13,701 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.