About block 961,768
Bitcoin block 961,768 was mined by F2Pool on August 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM UTC, 20 min 23 s after block 961,767. 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 4,800 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0295 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1545 BTC for this block.
Block 961,768 is number 137 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,879 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,232 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 174 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,144 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.