About block 961,759
Bitcoin block 961,759 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM UTC, 4 min 55 s after block 961,758. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,790 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0228 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1478 BTC for this block.
Block 961,759 is number 128 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,888 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,241 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 12,142 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.