About block 961,589
Bitcoin block 961,589 was mined by F2Pool on August 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM UTC, 16 min 34 s after block 961,588. 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 4,703 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0222 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1472 BTC for this block.
Block 961,589 is number 1,974 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 42 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,411 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,233 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.