About block 961,194
Bitcoin block 961,194 was mined by F2Pool on August 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM UTC, 6 min 7 s after block 961,193. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,662 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0308 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1558 BTC for this block.
Block 961,194 is number 1,579 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 437 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,806 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,462 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.