About block 961,260
Bitcoin block 961,260 was mined by Binance Pool on August 6, 2026 at 6:45 AM UTC, 3 min 50 s after block 961,259. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,320 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0121 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1371 BTC for this block.
Block 961,260 is number 1,645 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 371 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,740 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. Binance Pool found 9 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,423 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.