About block 959,888
Bitcoin block 959,888 was mined by ViaBTC on July 27, 2026 at 9:13 PM UTC, 16 min 19 s after block 959,887. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,482 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0317 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1567 BTC for this block.
Block 959,888 is number 273 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,743 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,112 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 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,627 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.