About block 961,463
Bitcoin block 961,463 was mined by SpiderPool on August 7, 2026 at 4:48 PM UTC, 7 min 58 s after block 961,462. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,108 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0269 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1519 BTC for this block.
Block 961,463 is number 1,848 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 168 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,537 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 12,296 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.