About block 961,501
Bitcoin block 961,501 was mined by Unknown on August 7, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC, 15 min 12 s after block 961,500. 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 3,741 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0459 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1709 BTC for this block.
Block 961,501 is number 1,886 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 130 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,499 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. Unknown found 10 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,276 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.