About block 961,669
Bitcoin block 961,669 was mined by SpiderPool on August 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM UTC, 1 min 29 s after block 961,668. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,509 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0070 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1320 BTC for this block.
Block 961,669 is number 38 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,978 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,331 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,189 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.