About block 961,988
Bitcoin block 961,988 was mined by SpiderPool on August 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM UTC, 17 min 53 s after block 961,987. 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 4,488 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0295 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1545 BTC for this block.
Block 961,988 is number 357 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,659 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,012 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,026 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.