About block 960,993
Bitcoin block 960,993 was mined by ViaBTC on August 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM UTC, 1 min 31 s after block 960,992. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,795 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0083 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1333 BTC for this block.
Block 960,993 is number 1,378 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 638 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,007 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 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,582 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.