About block 961,157
Bitcoin block 961,157 was mined by Binance Pool on August 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC, 6 min 26 s after block 961,156. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,863 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0331 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1581 BTC for this block.
Block 961,157 is number 1,542 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 474 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,843 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. Binance Pool found 10 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,483 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.