About block 961,809
Bitcoin block 961,809 was mined by MARA Pool on August 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM UTC, 29 min 50 s after block 961,808. 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 4,785 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0286 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1536 BTC for this block.
Block 961,809 is number 178 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,838 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,191 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,125 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.