About block 961,578
Bitcoin block 961,578 was mined by Luxor on August 8, 2026 at 12:08 PM UTC, 9 min 52 s after block 961,577. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,869 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0167 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1417 BTC for this block.
Block 961,578 is number 1,963 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 53 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,422 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. Luxor found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,232 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.