About block 961,570
Bitcoin block 961,570 was mined by F2Pool on August 8, 2026 at 11:08 AM UTC, 12 min 1 s after block 961,569. 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 4,646 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0236 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1486 BTC for this block.
Block 961,570 is number 1,955 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 61 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,430 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 12,234 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.