About block 961,608
Bitcoin block 961,608 was mined by SpiderPool on August 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM UTC, 6 min 49 s after block 961,607. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,533 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 961,608 is number 1,993 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 23 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,392 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,223 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.