About block 961,426
Bitcoin block 961,426 was mined by SpiderPool on August 7, 2026 at 11:21 AM UTC, 20 min 3 s after block 961,425. 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 4,970 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0281 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1531 BTC for this block.
Block 961,426 is number 1,811 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 205 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,574 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,323 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.