About block 961,296
Bitcoin block 961,296 was mined by ViaBTC on August 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM UTC, 23 min 50 s after block 961,295. 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 3,364 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0681 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1931 BTC for this block.
Block 961,296 is number 1,681 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 335 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,704 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. ViaBTC found 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,397 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.