About block 961,861
Bitcoin block 961,861 was mined by MARA Pool on August 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM UTC, 12 min 3 s after block 961,860. 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 5,246 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 961,861 is number 230 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,786 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,139 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. MARA Pool found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,102 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.