About block 961,255
Bitcoin block 961,255 was mined by Luxor on August 6, 2026 at 5:59 AM UTC, 2 min 44 s after block 961,254. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,556 transactions in 1.93 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0080 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1330 BTC for this block.
Block 961,255 is number 1,640 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 376 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,745 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. Luxor found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,424 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.