About block 962,236
Bitcoin block 962,236 was mined by SpiderPool on August 13, 2026 at 4:36 AM UTC, 37 min 39 s after block 962,235. 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 4,544 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0340 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1590 BTC for this block.
Block 962,236 is number 605 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,411 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,764 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,905 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.