About block 961,504
Bitcoin block 961,504 was mined by Binance Pool on August 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM UTC, 7 min 8 s after block 961,503. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,321 transactions in 1.72 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 0.0255 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1505 BTC for this block.
Block 961,504 is number 1,889 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 127 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,496 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. Binance Pool found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,273 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.