About block 961,640
Bitcoin block 961,640 was mined by SECPOOL on August 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM UTC, 4 min 12 s after block 961,639. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,209 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% 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 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 961,640 is number 9 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 2,007 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,360 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,199 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.