About block 960,451
Bitcoin block 960,451 was mined by AntPool on July 31, 2026 at 7:13 PM UTC, 8 min 44 s after block 960,450. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,652 transactions in 1.74 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 0.0452 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1702 BTC for this block.
Block 960,451 is number 836 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,180 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,549 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,189 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.