About block 961,921
Bitcoin block 961,921 was mined by ViaBTC on August 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM UTC, 6 min 10 s after block 961,920. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,990 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0239 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1489 BTC for this block.
Block 961,921 is number 290 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,726 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,079 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. ViaBTC found 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,062 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.