About block 961,299
Bitcoin block 961,299 was mined by BTC.com on August 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM UTC, 11 min 57 s after block 961,298. 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 3,898 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0305 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1555 BTC for this block.
Block 961,299 is number 1,684 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 332 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,701 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. BTC.com found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,394 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.