About block 961,943
Bitcoin block 961,943 was mined by SpiderPool on August 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM UTC, 14 min 57 s after block 961,942. 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 4,574 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0217 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1467 BTC for this block.
Block 961,943 is number 312 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,704 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,057 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 12,055 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.