About block 961,753
Bitcoin block 961,753 was mined by SpiderPool on August 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM UTC, 26 min 31 s after block 961,752. 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 4,703 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0374 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1624 BTC for this block.
Block 961,753 is number 122 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,894 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,247 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. SpiderPool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,147 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.