About block 961,777
Bitcoin block 961,777 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM UTC, 7 min 11 s after block 961,776. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,479 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0167 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1417 BTC for this block.
Block 961,777 is number 146 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,870 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,223 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,143 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.