About block 961,008
Bitcoin block 961,008 was mined by AntPool on August 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC, 5 min 2 s after block 961,007. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,982 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% 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 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 961,008 is number 1,393 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 623 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,992 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,569 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.