About block 961,973
Bitcoin block 961,973 was mined by F2Pool on August 11, 2026 at 7:16 AM UTC, 5 min 56 s after block 961,972. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,208 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0108 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1358 BTC for this block.
Block 961,973 is number 342 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,674 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,027 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. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,036 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.