About block 961,684
Bitcoin block 961,684 was mined by F2Pool on August 9, 2026 at 5:22 AM UTC, 9 min 36 s after block 961,683. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,369 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 961,684 is number 53 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,963 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,316 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 12,181 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.