About block 960,896
Bitcoin block 960,896 was mined by F2Pool on August 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM UTC, 21 min 40 s after block 960,895. 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 4,172 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0592 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1842 BTC for this block.
Block 960,896 is number 1,281 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 735 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,104 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. F2Pool found 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,630 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.