About block 961,472
Bitcoin block 961,472 was mined by ViaBTC on August 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM UTC, 24 min 14 s after block 961,471. 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 3,898 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0590 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1840 BTC for this block.
Block 961,472 is number 1,857 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 159 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,528 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. ViaBTC found 86 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,291 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.