About block 961,310
Bitcoin block 961,310 was mined by WhitePool on August 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM UTC, 2 min 39 s after block 961,309. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,308 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0125 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1375 BTC for this block.
Block 961,310 is number 1,695 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 321 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,690 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,384 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.