About block 960,453
Bitcoin block 960,453 was mined by AntPool on July 31, 2026 at 7:27 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 960,452. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,551 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0359 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1609 BTC for this block.
Block 960,453 is number 838 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,178 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,547 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 13,187 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.