About block 961,537
Bitcoin block 961,537 was mined by F2Pool on August 8, 2026 at 5:21 AM UTC, 15 min 5 s after block 961,536. 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 4,728 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0179 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 961,537 is number 1,922 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 94 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,463 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 12,253 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.