About block 960,427
Bitcoin block 960,427 was mined by AntPool on July 31, 2026 at 3:59 PM UTC, 5 min 12 s after block 960,426. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,470 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% 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 0.0303 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1553 BTC for this block.
Block 960,427 is number 812 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,204 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,573 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,202 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.