About block 960,179
Bitcoin block 960,179 was mined by ViaBTC on July 30, 2026 at 12:39 AM UTC, 4 min 35 s after block 960,178. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,297 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 960,179 is number 564 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,452 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,821 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 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,347 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.