About block 961,414
Bitcoin block 961,414 was mined by SpiderPool on August 7, 2026 at 9:53 AM UTC, 5 min 32 s after block 961,413. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,120 transactions in 1.86 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 0.0068 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1318 BTC for this block.
Block 961,414 is number 1,799 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 217 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,586 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 12,332 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.