About block 962,166
Bitcoin block 962,166 was mined by ViaBTC on August 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM UTC, 4 min 25 s after block 962,165. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,110 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0123 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1373 BTC for this block.
Block 962,166 is number 535 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,481 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,834 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. ViaBTC found 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,946 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.