About block 961,225
Bitcoin block 961,225 was mined by SECPOOL on August 6, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTC, 14 min 51 s after block 961,224. 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 4,015 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% 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 0.0244 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1494 BTC for this block.
Block 961,225 is number 1,610 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 406 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,775 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,442 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.