About block 961,702
Bitcoin block 961,702 was mined by F2Pool on August 9, 2026 at 7:29 AM UTC, 2 min 13 s after block 961,701. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,256 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 0.0054 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1304 BTC for this block.
Block 961,702 is number 71 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,945 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,298 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 12,169 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.