About block 960,642
Bitcoin block 960,642 was mined by AntPool on August 1, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC, 2 min 21 s after block 960,641. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,230 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0092 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1342 BTC for this block.
Block 960,642 is number 1,027 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 989 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,358 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,925 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.