About block 961,666
Bitcoin block 961,666 was mined by F2Pool on August 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM UTC, 1 min 9 s after block 961,665. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,176 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% 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 0.0080 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1330 BTC for this block.
Block 961,666 is number 35 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,981 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,334 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,184 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.