About block 960,016
Bitcoin block 960,016 was mined by ViaBTC on July 28, 2026 at 9:19 PM UTC, 43 min 30 s after block 960,015. 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 4,007 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0566 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1816 BTC for this block.
Block 960,016 is number 401 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,615 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,984 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 13,486 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.