About block 960,029
Bitcoin block 960,029 was mined by ViaBTC on July 29, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC, 27 min 4 s after block 960,028. 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 4,453 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0405 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1655 BTC for this block.
Block 960,029 is number 414 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,602 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,971 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 13,473 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.