About block 961,740
Bitcoin block 961,740 was mined by NiceHash on August 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM UTC, 15 min 34 s after block 961,739. 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 4,422 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 961,740 is number 109 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,907 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,260 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,155 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.