About block 961,051
Bitcoin block 961,051 was mined by Binance Pool on August 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM UTC, 5 min 47 s after block 961,050. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,070 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0141 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1391 BTC for this block.
Block 961,051 is number 1,436 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 580 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,949 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. Binance Pool found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,544 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.