About block 961,089
Bitcoin block 961,089 was mined by SpiderPool on August 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTC, 2 min 27 s after block 961,088. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,037 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0095 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1345 BTC for this block.
Block 961,089 is number 1,474 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 542 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,911 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. SpiderPool found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,517 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.