About block 961,459
Bitcoin block 961,459 was mined by F2Pool on August 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM UTC, 3 min 46 s after block 961,458. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,065 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 961,459 is number 1,844 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 172 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,541 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 12,300 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.