About block 961,468
Bitcoin block 961,468 was mined by AntPool on August 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM UTC, 9 min 56 s after block 961,467. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,821 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0370 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1620 BTC for this block.
Block 961,468 is number 1,853 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 163 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,532 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,295 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.