About block 961,088
Bitcoin block 961,088 was mined by AntPool on August 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM UTC, 1 min 51 s after block 961,087. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,344 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0087 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1337 BTC for this block.
Block 961,088 is number 1,473 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 543 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,912 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,518 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.