About block 961,656
Bitcoin block 961,656 was mined by Binance Pool on August 9, 2026 at 1:20 AM UTC, 39 seconds after block 961,655. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,759 transactions in 1.82 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 0.0094 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1344 BTC for this block.
Block 961,656 is number 25 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,991 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,344 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 12,194 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.