About block 962,206
Bitcoin block 962,206 was mined by SECPOOL on August 13, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTC, 32 min 20 s after block 962,205. 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 4,316 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 0.0490 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1740 BTC for this block.
Block 962,206 is number 575 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,441 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,794 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,924 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.