About block 959,866
Bitcoin block 959,866 was mined by ViaBTC on July 27, 2026 at 5:43 PM UTC, 1 min 10 s after block 959,865. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,394 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 959,866 is number 251 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,765 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,134 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 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,660 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.