About block 961,694
Bitcoin block 961,694 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 7:06 AM UTC, 11 min 34 s after block 961,693. 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 5,723 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0108 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1358 BTC for this block.
Block 961,694 is number 63 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,953 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,306 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 210 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,177 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.