About block 960,854
Bitcoin block 960,854 was mined by AntPool on August 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM UTC, 20 min 30 s after block 960,853. 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 4,161 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0230 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1480 BTC for this block.
Block 960,854 is number 1,239 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 777 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,146 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,654 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.