About block 960,666
Bitcoin block 960,666 was mined by AntPool on August 2, 2026 at 3:54 AM UTC, 7 min 34 s after block 960,665. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,184 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 960,666 is number 1,051 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 965 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,334 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,885 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.