About block 961,613
Bitcoin block 961,613 was mined by F2Pool on August 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 961,612. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,712 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0050 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1300 BTC for this block.
Block 961,613 is number 1,998 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 18 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,387 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 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,218 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.