About block 961,681
Bitcoin block 961,681 was mined by ViaBTC on August 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM UTC, 6 min 58 s after block 961,680. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,047 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0095 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1345 BTC for this block.
Block 961,681 is number 50 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,966 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,319 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. ViaBTC found 86 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,184 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.