About block 961,772
Bitcoin block 961,772 was mined by SpiderPool on August 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM UTC, 4 min 12 s after block 961,771. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,262 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0132 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1382 BTC for this block.
Block 961,772 is number 141 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,875 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,228 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. SpiderPool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,141 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.