About block 961,745
Bitcoin block 961,745 was mined by SECPOOL on August 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM UTC, 15 min 22 s after block 961,744. 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 4,139 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0239 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1489 BTC for this block.
Block 961,745 is number 114 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,902 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,255 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. SECPOOL found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,150 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.