About block 961,876
Bitcoin block 961,876 was mined by SECPOOL on August 10, 2026 at 12:55 PM UTC, 31 min 9 s after block 961,875. 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 4,210 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0477 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1727 BTC for this block.
Block 961,876 is number 245 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,771 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,124 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,092 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.