About block 962,438
Bitcoin block 962,438 was mined by SECPOOL on August 14, 2026 at 1:52 PM UTC, 17 min 29 s after block 962,437. 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 4,439 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0235 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1485 BTC for this block.
Block 962,438 is number 807 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,209 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,562 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. SECPOOL found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,792 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.