About block 961,053
Bitcoin block 961,053 was mined by Luxor on August 4, 2026 at 6:23 PM UTC, 10 seconds after block 961,052. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,581 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 961,053 is number 1,438 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 578 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,947 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. Luxor found 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,542 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.