About block 961,826
Bitcoin block 961,826 was mined by AntPool on August 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM UTC, 1 min 53 s after block 961,825. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,096 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% 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 0.0056 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1306 BTC for this block.
Block 961,826 is number 195 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,821 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,174 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,119 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.