About block 961,079
Bitcoin block 961,079 was mined by ViaBTC on August 4, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC, 17 min 26 s after block 961,078. 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 4,348 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0357 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1607 BTC for this block.
Block 961,079 is number 1,464 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 552 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,921 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 12,523 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.