About block 961,519
Bitcoin block 961,519 was mined by SpiderPool on August 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM UTC, 26 min 42 s after block 961,518. 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 3,856 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0383 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1633 BTC for this block.
Block 961,519 is number 1,904 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 112 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,481 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,265 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.