About block 960,889
Bitcoin block 960,889 was mined by ViaBTC on August 3, 2026 at 5:14 PM UTC, 21 min 44 s after block 960,888. 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 3,890 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0878 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2128 BTC for this block.
Block 960,889 is number 1,274 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 742 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,111 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 12,637 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.