About block 961,758
Bitcoin block 961,758 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM UTC, 35 min 21 s after block 961,757. 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 4,278 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0426 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1676 BTC for this block.
Block 961,758 is number 127 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,889 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,242 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 12,143 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.