About block 962,156
Bitcoin block 962,156 was mined by F2Pool on August 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM UTC, 13 min 43 s after block 962,155. 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 4,513 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% 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 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 962,156 is number 525 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,491 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,844 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. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,952 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.