About block 960,573
Bitcoin block 960,573 was mined by AntPool on August 1, 2026 at 2:37 PM UTC, 2 min 2 s after block 960,572. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,678 transactions in 1.84 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0349 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1599 BTC for this block.
Block 960,573 is number 958 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,058 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,427 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. AntPool found 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,016 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.