About block 960,738
Bitcoin block 960,738 was mined by ViaBTC on August 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM UTC, 1 min 53 s after block 960,737. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,515 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0122 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1372 BTC for this block.
Block 960,738 is number 1,123 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 893 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,262 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 12,777 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.