About block 960,234
Bitcoin block 960,234 was mined by AntPool on July 30, 2026 at 9:07 AM UTC, 1 min 43 s after block 960,233. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,488 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 960,234 is number 619 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,397 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,766 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 13,317 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.