About block 961,099
Bitcoin block 961,099 was mined by SpiderPool on August 5, 2026 at 1:50 AM UTC, 14 min 36 s after block 961,098. 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 5,569 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 961,099 is number 1,484 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 532 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,901 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 12,510 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.