About block 961,471
Bitcoin block 961,471 was mined by F2Pool on August 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM UTC, 9 min 36 s after block 961,470. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,851 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0318 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1568 BTC for this block.
Block 961,471 is number 1,856 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 160 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,529 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 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,292 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.