About block 960,658
Bitcoin block 960,658 was mined by AntPool on August 2, 2026 at 2:49 AM UTC, 18 min 45 s after block 960,657. 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 3,449 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0396 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1646 BTC for this block.
Block 960,658 is number 1,043 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 973 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,342 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,901 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.