About block 961,055
Bitcoin block 961,055 was mined by ViaBTC on August 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM UTC, 2 min 24 s after block 961,054. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,000 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 961,055 is number 1,440 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 576 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,945 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 81 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,540 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.