About block 962,353
Bitcoin block 962,353 was mined by MARA Pool on August 14, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC, 19 min 14 s after block 962,352. 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 4,548 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0252 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1502 BTC for this block.
Block 962,353 is number 722 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,294 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,647 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. MARA Pool found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,845 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.