About block 962,160
Bitcoin block 962,160 was mined by SpiderPool on August 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM UTC, 10 min 52 s after block 962,159. 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 4,854 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0289 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1539 BTC for this block.
Block 962,160 is number 529 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,487 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,840 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,952 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.