About block 960,972
Bitcoin block 960,972 was mined by ViaBTC on August 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM UTC, 7 min 16 s after block 960,971. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,977 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 960,972 is number 1,357 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 659 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,028 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 12,595 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.