About block 961,982
Bitcoin block 961,982 was mined by AntPool on August 11, 2026 at 8:17 AM UTC, 4 min 57 s after block 961,981. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,685 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 961,982 is number 351 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,665 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,018 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,033 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.