About block 961,873
Bitcoin block 961,873 was mined by ViaBTC on August 10, 2026 at 12:12 PM UTC, 28 min 15 s after block 961,872. 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 4,684 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0361 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1611 BTC for this block.
Block 961,873 is number 242 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,774 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,127 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 91 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,095 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.