About block 961,981
Bitcoin block 961,981 was mined by AntPool on August 11, 2026 at 8:12 AM UTC, 15 min 42 s after block 961,980. 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 3,478 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% 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 0.0278 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1528 BTC for this block.
Block 961,981 is number 350 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,666 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,019 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 12,033 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.