About block 962,454
Bitcoin block 962,454 was mined by MARA Pool on August 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM UTC, 8 min 48 s after block 962,453. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,303 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0327 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1577 BTC for this block.
Block 962,454 is number 823 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,193 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,546 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. MARA Pool found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,780 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.