About block 961,986
Bitcoin block 961,986 was mined by MARA Pool on August 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM UTC, 11 min 19 s after block 961,985. 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 4,791 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 961,986 is number 355 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,661 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,014 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. MARA Pool found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,028 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.