About block 962,163
Bitcoin block 962,163 was mined by MARA Pool on August 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM UTC, 4 min 8 s after block 962,162. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,028 transactions in 1.87 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 962,163 is number 532 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,484 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,837 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 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,949 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.