About block 961,583
Bitcoin block 961,583 was mined by SpiderPool on August 8, 2026 at 12:49 PM UTC, 12 min 46 s after block 961,582. 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 4,209 transactions in 1.50 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 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 961,583 is number 1,968 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 48 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,417 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,227 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.