About block 960,724
Bitcoin block 960,724 was mined by ViaBTC on August 2, 2026 at 11:26 AM UTC, 13 min 33 s after block 960,723. 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 5,071 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 960,724 is number 1,109 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 907 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,276 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 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,792 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.