About block 961,953
Bitcoin block 961,953 was mined by BTC.com on August 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM UTC, 16 min 31 s after block 961,952. 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 4,820 transactions in 1.74 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 0.0120 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1370 BTC for this block.
Block 961,953 is number 322 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,694 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,047 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. BTC.com found 10 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,045 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.