About block 961,857
Bitcoin block 961,857 was mined by ViaBTC on August 10, 2026 at 9:20 AM UTC, 7 min 17 s after block 961,856. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,275 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 961,857 is number 226 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,790 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,143 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,100 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.