About block 961,894
Bitcoin block 961,894 was mined by SpiderPool on August 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM UTC, 19 min 51 s after block 961,893. 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 4,412 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0461 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1711 BTC for this block.
Block 961,894 is number 263 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,753 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,106 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 12,076 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.