About block 962,293
Bitcoin block 962,293 was mined by MARA Pool on August 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM UTC, 44 min 54 s after block 962,292. 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 4,384 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0603 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1853 BTC for this block.
Block 962,293 is number 662 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,354 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,707 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. MARA Pool found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,882 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.