About block 959,951
Bitcoin block 959,951 was mined by ViaBTC on July 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM UTC, 7 min 9 s after block 959,950. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,870 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0185 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1435 BTC for this block.
Block 959,951 is number 336 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,680 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,049 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 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,564 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.