About block 960,986
Bitcoin block 960,986 was mined by F2Pool on August 4, 2026 at 8:35 AM UTC, 7 min 12 s after block 960,985. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,454 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0169 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1419 BTC for this block.
Block 960,986 is number 1,371 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 645 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,014 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. F2Pool found 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,589 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.