About block 961,606
Bitcoin block 961,606 was mined by Luxor on August 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM UTC, 14 min 51 s after block 961,605. 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 3,506 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0351 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1601 BTC for this block.
Block 961,606 is number 1,991 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 25 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,394 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 12,217 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.