About block 961,996
Bitcoin block 961,996 was mined by F2Pool on August 11, 2026 at 10:50 AM UTC, 21 min 30 s after block 961,995. 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 4,874 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0296 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1546 BTC for this block.
Block 961,996 is number 365 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,651 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,004 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,028 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.