About block 961,405
Bitcoin block 961,405 was mined by SpiderPool on August 7, 2026 at 9:03 AM UTC, 1 min 31 s after block 961,404. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,274 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0070 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1320 BTC for this block.
Block 961,405 is number 1,790 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 226 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,595 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,341 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.