About block 962,031
Bitcoin block 962,031 was mined by MARA Pool on August 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM UTC, 7 min 30 s after block 962,030. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,978 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 962,031 is number 400 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,616 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,969 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. MARA Pool found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,007 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.