About block 961,987
Bitcoin block 961,987 was mined by SpiderPool on August 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM UTC, 2 min 34 s after block 961,986. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,834 transactions in 1.79 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 0.0065 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1315 BTC for this block.
Block 961,987 is number 356 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,660 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,013 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 12,027 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.