About block 962,246
Bitcoin block 962,246 was mined by AntPool on August 13, 2026 at 6:40 AM UTC, 4 min 36 s after block 962,245. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,141 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 962,246 is number 615 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,401 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,754 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,903 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.