About block 961,889
Bitcoin block 961,889 was mined by NiceHash on August 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC, 4 min 3 s after block 961,888. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,074 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0227 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1477 BTC for this block.
Block 961,889 is number 258 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,758 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,111 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 12,081 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.