About block 962,345
Bitcoin block 962,345 was mined by AntPool on August 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC, 2 min 3 s after block 962,344. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,510 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 962,345 is number 714 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,302 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,655 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. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,852 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.