About block 961,888
Bitcoin block 961,888 was mined by F2Pool on August 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM UTC, 3 min 39 s after block 961,887. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,048 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0514 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1764 BTC for this block.
Block 961,888 is number 257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,112 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,082 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.