About block 961,690
Bitcoin block 961,690 was mined by SpiderPool on August 9, 2026 at 6:13 AM UTC, 8 min 53 s after block 961,689. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,669 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0119 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1369 BTC for this block.
Block 961,690 is number 59 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,957 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,310 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. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,175 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.