About block 960,173
Bitcoin block 960,173 was mined by ViaBTC on July 30, 2026 at 12:11 AM UTC, 10 min 37 s after block 960,172. 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 4,750 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0238 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1488 BTC for this block.
Block 960,173 is number 558 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,458 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,827 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 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,370 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.