About block 961,499
Bitcoin block 961,499 was mined by AntPool on August 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM UTC, 36 min 34 s after block 961,498. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,098 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0547 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1797 BTC for this block.
Block 961,499 is number 1,884 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 132 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,501 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 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,272 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.