About block 961,557
Bitcoin block 961,557 was mined by AntPool on August 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM UTC, 9 min 26 s after block 961,556. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,592 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% 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 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 961,557 is number 1,942 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 74 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,443 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,241 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.