About block 961,685
Bitcoin block 961,685 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 5:24 AM UTC, 2 min 1 s after block 961,684. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,298 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0063 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1313 BTC for this block.
Block 961,685 is number 54 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,962 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,315 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. AntPool found 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,180 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.