About block 962,461
Bitcoin block 962,461 was mined by SpiderPool on August 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM UTC, 8 min 0 s after block 962,460. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,751 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% 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 0.0348 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1598 BTC for this block.
Block 962,461 is number 830 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,186 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,539 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. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,773 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.