About block 961,229
Bitcoin block 961,229 was mined by AntPool on August 6, 2026 at 1:17 AM UTC, 3 min 2 s after block 961,228. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,952 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% 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 0.0097 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1347 BTC for this block.
Block 961,229 is number 1,614 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 402 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,771 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 12,438 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.