About block 961,741
Bitcoin block 961,741 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM UTC, 6 min 18 s after block 961,740. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,678 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% 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 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 961,741 is number 110 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,906 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,259 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,154 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.