About block 961,778
Bitcoin block 961,778 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM UTC, 7 min 34 s after block 961,777. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,723 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0149 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1399 BTC for this block.
Block 961,778 is number 147 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,869 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,222 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 12,142 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.