About block 961,376
Bitcoin block 961,376 was mined by AntPool on August 7, 2026 at 5:23 AM UTC, 11 min 28 s after block 961,375. 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 4,998 transactions in 1.53 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 0.0183 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1433 BTC for this block.
Block 961,376 is number 1,761 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 255 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,624 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 12,351 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.