About block 960,140
Bitcoin block 960,140 was mined by AntPool on July 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM UTC, 18 min 51 s after block 960,139. 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 3,939 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0635 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1885 BTC for this block.
Block 960,140 is number 525 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,491 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,860 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,362 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.