About block 961,498
Bitcoin block 961,498 was mined by F2Pool on August 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTC, 6 min 26 s after block 961,497. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,361 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0208 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1458 BTC for this block.
Block 961,498 is number 1,883 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 133 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,502 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,273 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.