About block 959,880
Bitcoin block 959,880 was mined by ViaBTC on July 27, 2026 at 7:38 PM UTC, 6 min 36 s after block 959,879. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,666 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0147 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1397 BTC for this block.
Block 959,880 is number 265 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,751 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,120 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 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,646 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.