About block 961,253
Bitcoin block 961,253 was mined by F2Pool on August 6, 2026 at 5:45 AM UTC, 10 min 22 s after block 961,252. 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 5,600 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% 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 0.0125 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1375 BTC for this block.
Block 961,253 is number 1,638 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 378 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,747 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.