About block 961,258
Bitcoin block 961,258 was mined by SpiderPool on August 6, 2026 at 6:19 AM UTC, 2 min 54 s after block 961,257. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,993 transactions in 1.80 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0085 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1335 BTC for this block.
Block 961,258 is number 1,643 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 373 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,742 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. SpiderPool found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,421 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.