About block 961,890
Bitcoin block 961,890 was mined by SpiderPool on August 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM UTC, 38 seconds after block 961,889. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,194 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 961,890 is number 259 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,757 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,110 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. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,080 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.