About block 961,216
Bitcoin block 961,216 was mined by ViaBTC on August 5, 2026 at 10:36 PM UTC, 20 min 6 s after block 961,215. 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 4,282 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0338 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1588 BTC for this block.
Block 961,216 is number 1,601 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 415 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,784 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. ViaBTC found 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,447 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.