About block 961,361
Bitcoin block 961,361 was mined by SpiderPool on August 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM UTC, 12 seconds after block 961,360. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,200 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0049 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1299 BTC for this block.
Block 961,361 is number 1,746 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 270 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,639 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. SpiderPool found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,364 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.