About block 961,827
Bitcoin block 961,827 was mined by NiceHash on August 10, 2026 at 3:30 AM UTC, 3 min 38 s after block 961,826. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,667 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0072 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1322 BTC for this block.
Block 961,827 is number 196 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,820 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,173 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,118 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.