About block 962,049
Bitcoin block 962,049 was mined by AntPool on August 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM UTC, 5 min 7 s after block 962,048. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,371 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0257 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1507 BTC for this block.
Block 962,049 is number 418 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,598 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,951 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,996 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.