About block 960,043
Bitcoin block 960,043 was mined by AntPool on July 29, 2026 at 2:25 AM UTC, 3 min 20 s after block 960,042. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,435 transactions in 1.98 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 960,043 is number 428 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,588 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,957 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 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,465 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.