About block 961,689
Bitcoin block 961,689 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM UTC, 14 min 2 s after block 961,688. 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 5,590 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% 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 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 961,689 is number 58 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,958 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,311 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 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,176 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.