About block 961,939
Bitcoin block 961,939 was mined by ViaBTC on August 11, 2026 at 1:25 AM UTC, 6 min 55 s after block 961,938. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,492 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 961,939 is number 308 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,708 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,061 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 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,052 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.