About block 959,897
Bitcoin block 959,897 was mined by BTC.com on July 27, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC, 5 min 18 s after block 959,896. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,890 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0048 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1298 BTC for this block.
Block 959,897 is number 282 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,734 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,103 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. BTC.com found 11 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,611 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.