About block 961,234
Bitcoin block 961,234 was mined by SpiderPool on August 6, 2026 at 1:56 AM UTC, 8 min 39 s after block 961,233. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,280 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0200 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1450 BTC for this block.
Block 961,234 is number 1,619 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 397 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,766 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. SpiderPool found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,433 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.