About block 961,706
Bitcoin block 961,706 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 8:04 AM UTC, 23 min 26 s after block 961,705. 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 4,244 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0218 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1468 BTC for this block.
Block 961,706 is number 75 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,941 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,294 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 12,171 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.