About block 961,409
Bitcoin block 961,409 was mined by F2Pool on August 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM UTC, 10 min 11 s after block 961,408. 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 6,007 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0109 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1359 BTC for this block.
Block 961,409 is number 1,794 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 222 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,591 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 176 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,337 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.