About block 960,356
Bitcoin block 960,356 was mined by AntPool on July 31, 2026 at 5:58 AM UTC, 8 min 49 s after block 960,355. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,843 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 960,356 is number 741 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,275 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,644 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 13,246 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.