About block 961,855
Bitcoin block 961,855 was mined by Unknown on August 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM UTC, 1 min 32 s after block 961,854. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,630 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0092 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1342 BTC for this block.
Block 961,855 is number 224 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,792 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,145 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. Unknown found 13 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,102 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.