About block 961,217
Bitcoin block 961,217 was mined by F2Pool on August 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM UTC, 2 min 12 s after block 961,216. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,912 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0115 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1365 BTC for this block.
Block 961,217 is number 1,602 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 414 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,783 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,446 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.