About block 960,698
Bitcoin block 960,698 was mined by ViaBTC on August 2, 2026 at 7:55 AM UTC, 1 min 42 s after block 960,697. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,743 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 960,698 is number 1,083 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 933 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,302 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 12,834 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.