About block 961,662
Bitcoin block 961,662 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM UTC, 1 min 50 s after block 961,661. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,338 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0070 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1320 BTC for this block.
Block 961,662 is number 31 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,985 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,338 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 12,188 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.