About block 960,978
Bitcoin block 960,978 was mined by AntPool on August 4, 2026 at 7:23 AM UTC, 21 min 25 s after block 960,977. 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 4,818 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0266 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1516 BTC for this block.
Block 960,978 is number 1,363 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 653 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,022 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,593 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.