About block 960,361
Bitcoin block 960,361 was mined by ViaBTC on July 31, 2026 at 6:56 AM UTC, 14 min 32 s after block 960,360. 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 4,989 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0241 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1491 BTC for this block.
Block 960,361 is number 746 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,270 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,639 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 81 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,241 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.