About block 961,595
Bitcoin block 961,595 was mined by Luxor on August 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM UTC, 4 min 13 s after block 961,594. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,146 transactions in 1.72 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 0.0134 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1384 BTC for this block.
Block 961,595 is number 1,980 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 36 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,405 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,227 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.