About block 959,969
Bitcoin block 959,969 was mined by ViaBTC on July 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC, 18 min 33 s after block 959,968. 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 4,282 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0346 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1596 BTC for this block.
Block 959,969 is number 354 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,662 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,031 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 13,546 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.