About block 961,652
Bitcoin block 961,652 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC, 32 min 34 s after block 961,651. 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 4,331 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% 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 0.0304 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1554 BTC for this block.
Block 961,652 is number 21 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,995 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,348 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,195 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.