About block 959,906
Bitcoin block 959,906 was mined by ViaBTC on July 28, 2026 at 1:34 AM UTC, 41 min 42 s after block 959,905. 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 4,168 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0478 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1728 BTC for this block.
Block 959,906 is number 291 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,725 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,094 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 13,602 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.