About block 961,321
Bitcoin block 961,321 was mined by BTC.com on August 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM UTC, 5 min 29 s after block 961,320. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,642 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0216 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1466 BTC for this block.
Block 961,321 is number 1,706 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 310 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,679 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. BTC.com found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,382 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.