About block 960,611
Bitcoin block 960,611 was mined by AntPool on August 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM UTC, 2 min 20 s after block 960,610. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,688 transactions in 1.78 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 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 960,611 is number 996 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,020 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,389 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 12,967 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.