About block 962,459
Bitcoin block 962,459 was mined by AntPool on August 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM UTC, 22 min 48 s after block 962,458. 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 4,693 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0483 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1733 BTC for this block.
Block 962,459 is number 828 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,188 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,541 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,775 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.