About block 962,444
Bitcoin block 962,444 was mined by NiceHash on August 14, 2026 at 2:14 PM UTC, 3 min 10 s after block 962,443. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,514 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0097 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1347 BTC for this block.
Block 962,444 is number 813 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,203 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,556 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,787 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.