About block 961,946
Bitcoin block 961,946 was mined by AntPool on August 11, 2026 at 2:34 AM UTC, 3 min 24 s after block 961,945. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,510 transactions in 1.54 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 0.0105 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1355 BTC for this block.
Block 961,946 is number 315 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,701 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,054 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,052 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.