About block 960,404
Bitcoin block 960,404 was mined by AntPool on July 31, 2026 at 1:06 PM UTC, 2 min 23 s after block 960,403. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,359 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.9% 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 0.0183 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1433 BTC for this block.
Block 960,404 is number 789 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,227 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,596 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,220 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.