About block 961,642
Bitcoin block 961,642 was mined by F2Pool on August 8, 2026 at 10:28 PM UTC, 10 min 53 s after block 961,641. 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 4,449 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 961,642 is number 11 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 2,005 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,358 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 12,198 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.