About block 961,627
Bitcoin block 961,627 was mined by Binance Pool on August 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM UTC, 2 min 3 s after block 961,626. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,227 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0068 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1318 BTC for this block.
Block 961,627 is number 2,012 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 4 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,373 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. Binance Pool found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,205 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.