About block 961,763
Bitcoin block 961,763 was mined by SECPOOL on August 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM UTC, 8 min 35 s after block 961,762. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,428 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 961,763 is number 132 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,884 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,237 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,138 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.