About block 961,192
Bitcoin block 961,192 was mined by AntPool on August 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM UTC, 21 min 48 s after block 961,191. 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 4,292 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0511 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1761 BTC for this block.
Block 961,192 is number 1,577 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 439 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,808 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 12,464 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.