About block 961,781
Bitcoin block 961,781 was mined by MARA Pool on August 9, 2026 at 10:13 PM UTC, 14 min 58 s after block 961,780. 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 3,949 transactions in 1.84 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0209 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1459 BTC for this block.
Block 961,781 is number 150 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,866 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,219 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. MARA Pool found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,139 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.