About block 962,196
Bitcoin block 962,196 was mined by F2Pool on August 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM UTC, 21 min 22 s after block 962,195. 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 4,644 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0381 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1631 BTC for this block.
Block 962,196 is number 565 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,451 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,804 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. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,933 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.