About block 960,988
Bitcoin block 960,988 was mined by F2Pool on August 4, 2026 at 9:01 AM UTC, 3 min 3 s after block 960,987. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,861 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 960,988 is number 1,373 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 643 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,012 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,587 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.