About block 961,458
Bitcoin block 961,458 was mined by F2Pool on August 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM UTC, 25 seconds after block 961,457. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,392 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0078 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1328 BTC for this block.
Block 961,458 is number 1,843 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 173 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,542 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,301 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.