About block 960,856
Bitcoin block 960,856 was mined by AntPool on August 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM UTC, 8 min 59 s after block 960,855. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,830 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0185 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1435 BTC for this block.
Block 960,856 is number 1,241 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 775 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,144 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 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,652 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.