About block 960,699
Bitcoin block 960,699 was mined by AntPool on August 2, 2026 at 8:16 AM UTC, 21 min 10 s after block 960,698. 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 4,135 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0267 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1517 BTC for this block.
Block 960,699 is number 1,084 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 932 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,301 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 12,833 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.