About block 961,490
Bitcoin block 961,490 was mined by SpiderPool on August 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM UTC, 34 min 37 s after block 961,489. 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 4,395 transactions in 1.55 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 0.0523 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1773 BTC for this block.
Block 961,490 is number 1,875 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 141 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,510 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,281 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.