About block 961,257
Bitcoin block 961,257 was mined by SECPOOL on August 6, 2026 at 6:16 AM UTC, 14 min 38 s after block 961,256. 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 4,407 transactions in 1.84 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 961,257 is number 1,642 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 374 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,743 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. SECPOOL found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,422 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.