About block 961,734
Bitcoin block 961,734 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM UTC, 11 min 2 s after block 961,733. 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 4,536 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 961,734 is number 103 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,913 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,266 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,158 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.