About block 961,021
Bitcoin block 961,021 was mined by F2Pool on August 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM UTC, 4 min 32 s after block 961,020. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,492 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0353 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1603 BTC for this block.
Block 961,021 is number 1,406 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 610 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,979 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 12,559 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.