About block 962,169
Bitcoin block 962,169 was mined by SpiderPool on August 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM UTC, 23 min 15 s after block 962,168. 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 4,340 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0669 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1919 BTC for this block.
Block 962,169 is number 538 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,478 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,831 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 11,943 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.