About block 960,597
Bitcoin block 960,597 was mined by AntPool on August 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM UTC, 10 min 40 s after block 960,596. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,818 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0409 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1659 BTC for this block.
Block 960,597 is number 982 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,034 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,403 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 12,981 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.