About block 961,848
Bitcoin block 961,848 was mined by Binance Pool on August 10, 2026 at 8:07 AM UTC, 58 min 25 s after block 961,847. 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 4,299 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0557 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1807 BTC for this block.
Block 961,848 is number 217 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,799 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,152 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Binance Pool found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,109 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.