About block 959,975
Bitcoin block 959,975 was mined by ViaBTC on July 28, 2026 at 1:11 PM UTC, 22 min 59 s after block 959,974. 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 4,014 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0367 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1617 BTC for this block.
Block 959,975 is number 360 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,656 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,025 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 13,539 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.