About block 961,227
Bitcoin block 961,227 was mined by NiceHash on August 6, 2026 at 1:13 AM UTC, 13 min 48 s after block 961,226. 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 4,121 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0269 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1519 BTC for this block.
Block 961,227 is number 1,612 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 404 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,773 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,440 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.