About block 960,297
Bitcoin block 960,297 was mined by ViaBTC on July 30, 2026 at 7:16 PM UTC, 5 min 7 s after block 960,296. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,591 transactions in 1.72 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 0.0200 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1450 BTC for this block.
Block 960,297 is number 682 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,334 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,703 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 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,281 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.