About block 960,590
Bitcoin block 960,590 was mined by AntPool on August 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM UTC, 3 min 46 s after block 960,589. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,299 transactions in 1.86 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0121 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1371 BTC for this block.
Block 960,590 is number 975 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,041 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,410 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,988 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.