About block 961,185
Bitcoin block 961,185 was mined by AntPool on August 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM UTC, 26 min 21 s after block 961,184. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,911 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0599 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1849 BTC for this block.
Block 961,185 is number 1,570 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 446 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,815 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,468 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.