About block 961,842
Bitcoin block 961,842 was mined by F2Pool on August 10, 2026 at 6:47 AM UTC, 1 min 19 s after block 961,841. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,390 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0213 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1463 BTC for this block.
Block 961,842 is number 211 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,805 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,158 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 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,113 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.