About block 961,923
Bitcoin block 961,923 was mined by ViaBTC on August 10, 2026 at 9:44 PM UTC, 18 min 18 s after block 961,922. 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 4,893 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0289 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1539 BTC for this block.
Block 961,923 is number 292 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,724 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,077 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. ViaBTC found 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,060 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.