About block 961,762
Bitcoin block 961,762 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM UTC, 17 min 45 s after block 961,761. 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 4,651 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0272 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1522 BTC for this block.
Block 961,762 is number 131 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,885 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,238 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 12,139 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.