About block 962,066
Bitcoin block 962,066 was mined by MARA Pool on August 12, 2026 at 12:57 AM UTC, 4 min 20 s after block 962,065. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,855 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 962,066 is number 435 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,581 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,934 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. MARA Pool found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,998 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.