About block 961,984
Bitcoin block 961,984 was mined by SpiderPool on August 11, 2026 at 8:41 AM UTC, 14 min 23 s after block 961,983. 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 4,474 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 961,984 is number 353 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,663 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,016 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 12,030 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.