About block 960,700
Bitcoin block 960,700 was mined by ViaBTC on August 2, 2026 at 8:22 AM UTC, 6 min 17 s after block 960,699. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,121 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0154 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1404 BTC for this block.
Block 960,700 is number 1,085 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 931 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,300 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 12,832 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.