About block 961,712
Bitcoin block 961,712 was mined by WhitePool on August 9, 2026 at 8:53 AM UTC, 6 min 15 s after block 961,711. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,346 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0094 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1344 BTC for this block.
Block 961,712 is number 81 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,935 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,288 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. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,165 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.