About block 961,598
Bitcoin block 961,598 was mined by F2Pool on August 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM UTC, 1 min 37 s after block 961,597. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,753 transactions in 1.34 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 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 961,598 is number 1,983 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 33 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,402 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 12,225 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.