About block 961,947
Bitcoin block 961,947 was mined by SpiderPool on August 11, 2026 at 2:47 AM UTC, 13 min 51 s after block 961,946. 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 4,520 transactions in 1.46 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 961,947 is number 316 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,700 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,053 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 12,051 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.