About block 962,398
Bitcoin block 962,398 was mined by SpiderPool on August 14, 2026 at 8:44 AM UTC, 3 min 23 s after block 962,397. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,107 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0096 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1346 BTC for this block.
Block 962,398 is number 767 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,249 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,602 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. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,813 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.