About block 961,779
Bitcoin block 961,779 was mined by F2Pool on August 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM UTC, 42 seconds after block 961,778. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,499 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0055 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1305 BTC for this block.
Block 961,779 is number 148 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,868 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,221 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,141 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.