About block 962,240
Bitcoin block 962,240 was mined by MARA Pool on August 13, 2026 at 5:47 AM UTC, 33 min 19 s after block 962,239. 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 4,159 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0589 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1839 BTC for this block.
Block 962,240 is number 609 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,407 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,760 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. MARA Pool found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,901 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.