About block 962,471
Bitcoin block 962,471 was mined by ViaBTC on August 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM UTC, 15 min 0 s after block 962,470. 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 4,308 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0440 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1690 BTC for this block.
Block 962,471 is number 840 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,176 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,529 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,770 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.