About block 962,057
Bitcoin block 962,057 was mined by ViaBTC on August 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM UTC, 22 min 32 s after block 962,056. 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 4,556 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0349 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1599 BTC for this block.
Block 962,057 is number 426 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,590 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,943 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. ViaBTC found 91 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,996 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.