About block 961,732
Bitcoin block 961,732 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM UTC, 2 min 38 s after block 961,731. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,320 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 961,732 is number 101 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,915 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,268 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 12,159 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.