About block 962,254
Bitcoin block 962,254 was mined by AntPool on August 13, 2026 at 7:30 AM UTC, 5 min 51 s after block 962,253. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,172 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 962,254 is number 623 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,393 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,746 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,895 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.