About block 960,602
Bitcoin block 960,602 was mined by AntPool on August 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM UTC, 27 min 15 s after block 960,601. 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 4,429 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0549 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1799 BTC for this block.
Block 960,602 is number 987 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,029 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,398 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 12,976 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.