About block 962,041
Bitcoin block 962,041 was mined by ViaBTC on August 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM UTC, 20 min 56 s after block 962,040. 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 4,649 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0397 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1647 BTC for this block.
Block 962,041 is number 410 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,606 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,959 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. ViaBTC found 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,004 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.