About block 961,357
Bitcoin block 961,357 was mined by F2Pool on August 7, 2026 at 1:14 AM UTC, 19 seconds after block 961,356. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,804 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0058 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1308 BTC for this block.
Block 961,357 is number 1,742 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 274 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,643 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 176 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,368 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.