About block 961,914
Bitcoin block 961,914 was mined by SpiderPool on August 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM UTC, 6 min 26 s after block 961,913. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,644 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0185 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1435 BTC for this block.
Block 961,914 is number 283 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,733 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,086 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,064 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.