About block 961,600
Bitcoin block 961,600 was mined by SECPOOL on August 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM UTC, 29 min 3 s after block 961,599. 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 4,355 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0469 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1719 BTC for this block.
Block 961,600 is number 1,985 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 31 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,400 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. SECPOOL found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,223 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.