About block 962,188
Bitcoin block 962,188 was mined by F2Pool on August 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM UTC, 22 min 28 s after block 962,187. 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 4,725 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0364 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1614 BTC for this block.
Block 962,188 is number 557 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,459 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,812 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. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,936 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.