About block 961,159
Bitcoin block 961,159 was mined by F2Pool on August 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM UTC, 34 seconds after block 961,158. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,158 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 961,159 is number 1,544 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 472 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,841 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,481 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.