About block 961,903
Bitcoin block 961,903 was mined by AntPool on August 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM UTC, 3 min 15 s after block 961,902. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,106 transactions in 1.53 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 0.0161 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1411 BTC for this block.
Block 961,903 is number 272 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,744 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,097 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,074 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.