About block 962,455
Bitcoin block 962,455 was mined by AntPool on August 14, 2026 at 4:41 PM UTC, 3 min 23 s after block 962,454. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,309 transactions in 1.99 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 962,455 is number 824 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,192 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,545 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,779 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.