About block 961,869
Bitcoin block 961,869 was mined by NiceHash on August 10, 2026 at 11:19 AM UTC, 12 min 29 s after block 961,868. 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 4,030 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0245 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1495 BTC for this block.
Block 961,869 is number 238 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,778 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,131 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,094 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.