About block 961,241
Bitcoin block 961,241 was mined by AntPool on August 6, 2026 at 3:30 AM UTC, 6 min 1 s after block 961,240. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,552 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0163 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1413 BTC for this block.
Block 961,241 is number 1,626 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 390 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,759 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 12,431 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.