About block 961,938
Bitcoin block 961,938 was mined by SECPOOL on August 11, 2026 at 1:18 AM UTC, 14 min 27 s after block 961,937. 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 3,414 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0220 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1470 BTC for this block.
Block 961,938 is number 307 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,709 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,062 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. SECPOOL found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,053 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.