About block 960,263
Bitcoin block 960,263 was mined by AntPool on July 30, 2026 at 2:19 PM UTC, 6 min 52 s after block 960,262. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,838 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0382 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1632 BTC for this block.
Block 960,263 is number 648 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,368 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,737 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 13,308 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.