About block 960,858
Bitcoin block 960,858 was mined by AntPool on August 3, 2026 at 10:54 AM UTC, 13 min 12 s after block 960,857. 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 4,387 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0237 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1487 BTC for this block.
Block 960,858 is number 1,243 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 773 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,142 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 12,650 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.