About block 962,209
Bitcoin block 962,209 was mined by Unknown on August 13, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC, 11 min 19 s after block 962,208. 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 4,913 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 962,209 is number 578 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,438 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,791 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. Unknown found 17 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,922 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.