About block 960,890
Bitcoin block 960,890 was mined by ViaBTC on August 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM UTC, 11 min 45 s after block 960,889. 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 3,736 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0543 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1793 BTC for this block.
Block 960,890 is number 1,275 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 741 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,110 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 12,636 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.