About block 962,261
Bitcoin block 962,261 was mined by Unknown on August 13, 2026 at 8:25 AM UTC, 7 min 25 s after block 962,260. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,828 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0156 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1406 BTC for this block.
Block 962,261 is number 630 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,386 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,739 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. Unknown found 19 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,894 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.