About block 961,829
Bitcoin block 961,829 was mined by ViaBTC on August 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM UTC, 3 min 5 s after block 961,828. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,765 transactions in 1.80 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0054 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1304 BTC for this block.
Block 961,829 is number 198 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,818 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,171 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 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,116 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.