About block 960,940
Bitcoin block 960,940 was mined by AntPool on August 4, 2026 at 12:14 AM UTC, 28 min 51 s after block 960,939. 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 3,665 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0412 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1662 BTC for this block.
Block 960,940 is number 1,325 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 691 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,060 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,611 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.