About block 960,018
Bitcoin block 960,018 was mined by AntPool on July 28, 2026 at 9:52 PM UTC, 23 min 56 s after block 960,017. 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 4,500 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0603 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1853 BTC for this block.
Block 960,018 is number 403 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,613 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,982 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,484 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.