About block 961,674
Bitcoin block 961,674 was mined by SpiderPool on August 9, 2026 at 3:46 AM UTC, 12 min 52 s after block 961,673. 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 5,726 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 961,674 is number 43 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,973 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,326 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 12,184 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.