About block 960,222
Bitcoin block 960,222 was mined by ViaBTC on July 30, 2026 at 7:48 AM UTC, 1 min 46 s after block 960,221. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,088 transactions in 1.94 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 0.0110 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1360 BTC for this block.
Block 960,222 is number 607 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,409 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,778 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 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,321 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.