About block 962,357
Bitcoin block 962,357 was mined by SECPOOL on August 14, 2026 at 1:47 AM UTC, 20 min 40 s after block 962,356. 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 3,693 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0252 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1502 BTC for this block.
Block 962,357 is number 726 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,290 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,643 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. SECPOOL found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,841 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.