About block 961,721
Bitcoin block 961,721 was mined by F2Pool on August 9, 2026 at 10:18 AM UTC, 2 min 19 s after block 961,720. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,221 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 961,721 is number 90 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,926 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,279 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,165 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.