About block 960,696
Bitcoin block 960,696 was mined by Braiins Pool on August 2, 2026 at 7:34 AM UTC, 7 min 32 s after block 960,695. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,070 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 960,696 is number 1,081 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 935 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,304 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. Braiins Pool found 20 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,836 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.