About block 961,661
Bitcoin block 961,661 was mined by F2Pool on August 9, 2026 at 2:25 AM UTC, 11 min 39 s after block 961,660. 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 4,578 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 961,661 is number 30 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,986 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,339 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,189 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.