About block 961,344
Bitcoin block 961,344 was mined by AntPool on August 6, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC, 6 min 53 s after block 961,343. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,027 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0371 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1621 BTC for this block.
Block 961,344 is number 1,729 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 287 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,656 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,373 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.