About block 961,964
Bitcoin block 961,964 was mined by AntPool on August 11, 2026 at 5:37 AM UTC, 12 min 1 s after block 961,963. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,077 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 961,964 is number 333 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,683 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,036 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,039 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.