About block 962,273
Bitcoin block 962,273 was mined by AntPool on August 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM UTC, 8 min 9 s after block 962,272. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,011 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0211 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1461 BTC for this block.
Block 962,273 is number 642 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,374 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,727 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,888 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.