About block 961,135
Bitcoin block 961,135 was mined by SpiderPool on August 5, 2026 at 8:54 AM UTC, 5 min 31 s after block 961,134. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,193 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 961,135 is number 1,520 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 496 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,865 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 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,495 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.