About block 962,497
Bitcoin block 962,497 was mined by F2Pool on August 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM UTC, 6 min 5 s after block 962,496. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,803 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 962,497 is number 866 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,150 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,503 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. F2Pool found 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,752 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.