About block 961,997
Bitcoin block 961,997 was mined by AntPool on August 11, 2026 at 10:55 AM UTC, 5 min 6 s after block 961,996. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,673 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0152 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1402 BTC for this block.
Block 961,997 is number 366 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,650 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,003 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,026 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.