About block 961,133
Bitcoin block 961,133 was mined by ViaBTC on August 5, 2026 at 8:29 AM UTC, 15 min 22 s after block 961,132. 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 4,328 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0494 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1744 BTC for this block.
Block 961,133 is number 1,518 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 498 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,867 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,497 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.