About block 961,766
Bitcoin block 961,766 was mined by MARA Pool on August 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM UTC, 5 min 57 s after block 961,765. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,015 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0202 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1452 BTC for this block.
Block 961,766 is number 135 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,881 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,234 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. MARA Pool found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,146 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.