About block 960,050
Bitcoin block 960,050 was mined by ViaBTC on July 29, 2026 at 3:36 AM UTC, 4 min 51 s after block 960,049. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,477 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0099 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1349 BTC for this block.
Block 960,050 is number 435 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,581 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,950 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 13,465 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.