About block 961,081
Bitcoin block 961,081 was mined by MARA Pool on August 5, 2026 at 12:04 AM UTC, 11 min 7 s after block 961,080. 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 3,662 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0484 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1734 BTC for this block.
Block 961,081 is number 1,466 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 550 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,919 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. MARA Pool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,525 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.