About block 961,198
Bitcoin block 961,198 was mined by Binance Pool on August 5, 2026 at 7:44 PM UTC, 20 min 19 s after block 961,197. 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 3,927 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0483 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1733 BTC for this block.
Block 961,198 is number 1,583 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 433 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,802 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. Binance Pool found 10 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,458 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.