About block 960,557
Bitcoin block 960,557 was mined by ViaBTC on August 1, 2026 at 11:42 AM UTC, 25 min 30 s after block 960,556. 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 4,954 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0338 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1588 BTC for this block.
Block 960,557 is number 942 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,074 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,443 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 13,038 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.