About block 961,978
Bitcoin block 961,978 was mined by SpiderPool on August 11, 2026 at 7:40 AM UTC, 4 min 43 s after block 961,977. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,136 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0053 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1303 BTC for this block.
Block 961,978 is number 347 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,669 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,022 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,031 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.