About block 961,427
Bitcoin block 961,427 was mined by F2Pool on August 7, 2026 at 11:33 AM UTC, 11 min 56 s after block 961,426. 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 5,020 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 961,427 is number 1,812 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 204 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,573 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 175 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,322 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.