About block 961,970
Bitcoin block 961,970 was mined by ViaBTC on August 11, 2026 at 6:51 AM UTC, 12 min 43 s after block 961,969. 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 5,302 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0170 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1420 BTC for this block.
Block 961,970 is number 339 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,677 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,030 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. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,039 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.