About block 960,697
Bitcoin block 960,697 was mined by AntPool on August 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM UTC, 19 min 0 s after block 960,696. 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 4,222 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 960,697 is number 1,082 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 934 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,303 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,835 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.