About block 961,991
Bitcoin block 961,991 was mined by MARA Pool on August 11, 2026 at 9:40 AM UTC, 9 min 27 s after block 961,990. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,529 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 961,991 is number 360 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,656 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,009 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 12,033 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.