About block 961,699
Bitcoin block 961,699 was mined by ViaBTC on August 9, 2026 at 7:14 AM UTC, 1 min 54 s after block 961,698. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,001 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0054 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1304 BTC for this block.
Block 961,699 is number 68 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,948 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,301 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. ViaBTC found 87 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,172 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.