About block 961,769
Bitcoin block 961,769 was mined by F2Pool on August 9, 2026 at 8:17 PM UTC, 16 min 25 s after block 961,768. 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 4,845 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0257 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1507 BTC for this block.
Block 961,769 is number 138 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,878 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,231 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. F2Pool found 174 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,143 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.