About block 961,668
Bitcoin block 961,668 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM UTC, 7 min 29 s after block 961,667. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,357 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0133 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1383 BTC for this block.
Block 961,668 is number 37 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,979 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,332 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 12,190 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.