About block 961,176
Bitcoin block 961,176 was mined by ViaBTC on August 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM UTC, 9 min 3 s after block 961,175. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,853 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% 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 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 961,176 is number 1,561 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 455 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,824 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. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,473 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.