About block 961,728
Bitcoin block 961,728 was mined by F2Pool on August 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM UTC, 28 min 25 s after block 961,727. 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 5,021 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0267 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1517 BTC for this block.
Block 961,728 is number 97 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,919 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,272 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,163 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.