About block 961,950
Bitcoin block 961,950 was mined by SECPOOL on August 11, 2026 at 3:23 AM UTC, 1 min 45 s after block 961,949. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,295 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0065 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1315 BTC for this block.
Block 961,950 is number 319 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,697 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,050 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,048 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.