About block 961,679
Bitcoin block 961,679 was mined by F2Pool on August 9, 2026 at 4:29 AM UTC, 11 min 5 s after block 961,678. 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 6,147 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0109 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1359 BTC for this block.
Block 961,679 is number 48 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,968 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,321 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 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,179 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.