About block 960,847
Bitcoin block 960,847 was mined by ViaBTC on August 3, 2026 at 9:24 AM UTC, 2 min 29 s after block 960,846. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,662 transactions in 1.44 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 0.0111 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1361 BTC for this block.
Block 960,847 is number 1,232 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 784 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,153 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 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,655 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.