About block 961,482
Bitcoin block 961,482 was mined by ViaBTC on August 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM UTC, 9 min 4 s after block 961,481. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,793 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 961,482 is number 1,867 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 149 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,518 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. ViaBTC found 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,285 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.