About block 961,246
Bitcoin block 961,246 was mined by F2Pool on August 6, 2026 at 4:14 AM UTC, 26 min 50 s after block 961,245. 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 3,732 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0316 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1566 BTC for this block.
Block 961,246 is number 1,631 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 385 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,754 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. F2Pool found 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,426 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.