About block 960,953
Bitcoin block 960,953 was mined by ViaBTC on August 4, 2026 at 2:31 AM UTC, 1 min 8 s after block 960,952. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,489 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0057 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1307 BTC for this block.
Block 960,953 is number 1,338 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 678 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,047 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 12,606 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.