About block 961,346
Bitcoin block 961,346 was mined by SpiderPool on August 6, 2026 at 11:33 PM UTC, 20 min 17 s after block 961,345. 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 4,330 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0401 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1651 BTC for this block.
Block 961,346 is number 1,731 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 285 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,654 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. SpiderPool found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,371 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.