About block 960,612
Bitcoin block 960,612 was mined by Unknown on August 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM UTC, 20 min 20 s after block 960,611. 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 4,473 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% 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 0.0372 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1622 BTC for this block.
Block 960,612 is number 997 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,019 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,388 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. Unknown found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,963 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.