About block 961,318
Bitcoin block 961,318 was mined by ViaBTC on August 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM UTC, 1 min 4 s after block 961,317. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,051 transactions in 1.74 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 0.0305 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1555 BTC for this block.
Block 961,318 is number 1,703 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 313 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,682 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 12,376 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.