About block 962,040
Bitcoin block 962,040 was mined by MARA Pool on August 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM UTC, 18 min 12 s after block 962,039. 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 4,892 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0400 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1650 BTC for this block.
Block 962,040 is number 409 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,607 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,960 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 12,005 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.