About block 960,853
Bitcoin block 960,853 was mined by ViaBTC on August 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM UTC, 8 min 49 s after block 960,852. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,945 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0194 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1444 BTC for this block.
Block 960,853 is number 1,238 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 778 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,147 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 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,655 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.