About block 961,044
Bitcoin block 961,044 was mined by SpiderPool on August 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM UTC, 8 min 55 s after block 961,043. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,918 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 961,044 is number 1,429 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 587 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,956 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. SpiderPool found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,545 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.