About block 961,979
Bitcoin block 961,979 was mined by AntPool on August 11, 2026 at 7:45 AM UTC, 4 min 20 s after block 961,978. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,634 transactions in 1.42 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 961,979 is number 348 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,668 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,021 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 12,035 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.