About block 961,045
Bitcoin block 961,045 was mined by SpiderPool on August 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM UTC, 13 min 10 s after block 961,044. 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 4,206 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0296 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1546 BTC for this block.
Block 961,045 is number 1,430 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 586 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,955 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 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,550 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.