About block 960,998
Bitcoin block 960,998 was mined by F2Pool on August 4, 2026 at 10:22 AM UTC, 8 min 15 s after block 960,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,976 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 960,998 is number 1,383 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 633 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,002 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,579 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.