About block 960,454
Bitcoin block 960,454 was mined by ViaBTC on July 31, 2026 at 7:47 PM UTC, 19 min 15 s after block 960,453. 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 3,906 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0941 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2191 BTC for this block.
Block 960,454 is number 839 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,177 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,546 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 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,186 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.