About block 961,573
Bitcoin block 961,573 was mined by SECPOOL on August 8, 2026 at 11:35 AM UTC, 3 min 7 s after block 961,572. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,165 transactions in 1.86 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 961,573 is number 1,958 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 58 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,427 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. SECPOOL found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,237 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.