About block 961,462
Bitcoin block 961,462 was mined by SECPOOL on August 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM UTC, 10 min 27 s after block 961,461. 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 3,554 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0333 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1583 BTC for this block.
Block 961,462 is number 1,847 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 169 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,538 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. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,297 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.