About block 962,279
Bitcoin block 962,279 was mined by Unknown on August 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM UTC, 14 min 8 s after block 962,278. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,905 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0263 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1513 BTC for this block.
Block 962,279 is number 648 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,368 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,721 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. Unknown found 19 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,887 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.