About block 962,421
Bitcoin block 962,421 was mined by AntPool on August 14, 2026 at 11:30 AM UTC, 2 min 3 s after block 962,420. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,446 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.8% 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 0.0094 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1344 BTC for this block.
Block 962,421 is number 790 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,226 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,579 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. AntPool found 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,802 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.