About block 962,496
Bitcoin block 962,496 was mined by NiceHash on August 14, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC, 9 min 38 s after block 962,495. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,013 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 962,496 is number 865 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,151 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,504 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 11,753 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.