About block 960,578
Bitcoin block 960,578 was mined by AntPool on August 1, 2026 at 3:14 PM UTC, 1 min 51 s after block 960,577. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,095 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0118 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1368 BTC for this block.
Block 960,578 is number 963 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,053 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,422 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,002 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.