About block 962,167
Bitcoin block 962,167 was mined by ViaBTC on August 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM UTC, 79 min 34 s after block 962,166. 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 4,090 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2412 BTC for this block.
Block 962,167 is number 536 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,480 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,833 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. ViaBTC found 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,945 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.