About block 962,253
Bitcoin block 962,253 was mined by NiceHash on August 13, 2026 at 7:24 AM UTC, 3 min 59 s after block 962,252. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,308 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0115 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1365 BTC for this block.
Block 962,253 is number 622 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,394 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,747 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,896 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.