About block 960,493
Bitcoin block 960,493 was mined by ViaBTC on August 1, 2026 at 1:44 AM UTC, 16 min 56 s after block 960,492. 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 3,915 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0397 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1647 BTC for this block.
Block 960,493 is number 878 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,138 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,507 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 13,123 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.