About block 961,744
Bitcoin block 961,744 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM UTC, 21 min 3 s after block 961,743. 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 4,305 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0283 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1533 BTC for this block.
Block 961,744 is number 113 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,903 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,256 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 12,151 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.