About block 960,196
Bitcoin block 960,196 was mined by AntPool on July 30, 2026 at 2:08 AM UTC, 1 min 53 s after block 960,195. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,165 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0085 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1335 BTC for this block.
Block 960,196 is number 581 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,435 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,804 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,336 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.