About block 961,137
Bitcoin block 961,137 was mined by BTC.com on August 5, 2026 at 9:07 AM UTC, 4 min 16 s after block 961,136. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,429 transactions in 1.64 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 0.0115 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1365 BTC for this block.
Block 961,137 is number 1,522 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 494 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,863 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. BTC.com found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,493 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.