About block 961,798
Bitcoin block 961,798 was mined by ViaBTC on August 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM UTC, 9 min 11 s after block 961,797. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,940 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0167 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1417 BTC for this block.
Block 961,798 is number 167 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,849 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,202 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. ViaBTC found 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,130 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.