About block 961,118
Bitcoin block 961,118 was mined by Unknown on August 5, 2026 at 5:35 AM UTC, 10 min 59 s after block 961,117. 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 4,331 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 961,118 is number 1,503 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 513 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,882 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Unknown found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,506 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.