About block 960,256
Bitcoin block 960,256 was mined by AntPool on July 30, 2026 at 12:24 PM UTC, 8 min 41 s after block 960,255. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,775 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0284 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1534 BTC for this block.
Block 960,256 is number 641 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,375 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,744 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,311 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.