About block 960,494
Bitcoin block 960,494 was mined by F2Pool on August 1, 2026 at 1:44 AM UTC, 13 seconds after block 960,493. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,011 transactions in 1.96 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 960,494 is number 879 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,137 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,506 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. F2Pool found 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,122 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.