About block 962,039
Bitcoin block 962,039 was mined by SpiderPool on August 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM UTC, 17 min 6 s after block 962,038. 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 3,968 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0310 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1560 BTC for this block.
Block 962,039 is number 408 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,608 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,961 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,006 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.