About block 961,604
Bitcoin block 961,604 was mined by ViaBTC on August 8, 2026 at 4:41 PM UTC, 18 min 10 s after block 961,603. 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 4,204 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0576 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1826 BTC for this block.
Block 961,604 is number 1,989 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 27 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,396 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. ViaBTC found 87 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,219 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.