About block 960,252
Bitcoin block 960,252 was mined by AntPool on July 30, 2026 at 11:31 AM UTC, 2 min 18 s after block 960,251. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,677 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 960,252 is number 637 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,379 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,748 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,315 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.