About block 962,479
Bitcoin block 962,479 was mined by NiceHash on August 14, 2026 at 9:41 PM UTC, 7 min 38 s after block 962,478. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,310 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% 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 0.0237 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1487 BTC for this block.
Block 962,479 is number 848 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,168 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,521 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,764 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.