About block 961,609
Bitcoin block 961,609 was mined by BTC.com on August 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM UTC, 13 min 32 s after block 961,608. 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 3,364 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0242 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1492 BTC for this block.
Block 961,609 is number 1,994 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 22 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,391 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. BTC.com found 14 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,222 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.