About block 962,117
Bitcoin block 962,117 was mined by SpiderPool on August 12, 2026 at 9:16 AM UTC, 1 min 48 s after block 962,116. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,343 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0056 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1306 BTC for this block.
Block 962,117 is number 486 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,530 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,883 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. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,971 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.