About block 961,799
Bitcoin block 961,799 was mined by Poolin on August 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM UTC, 51 seconds after block 961,798. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,288 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0052 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Poolin earned 3.1302 BTC for this block.
Block 961,799 is number 168 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,848 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,201 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. Poolin found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,129 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.