About block 961,121
Bitcoin block 961,121 was mined by MARA Pool on August 5, 2026 at 5:50 AM UTC, 1 min 48 s after block 961,120. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,266 transactions in 1.97 MB (99.9% 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 0.0118 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1368 BTC for this block.
Block 961,121 is number 1,506 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 510 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,879 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. MARA Pool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,503 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.