About block 962,499
Bitcoin block 962,499 was mined by MARA Pool on August 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM UTC, 17 min 3 s after block 962,498. 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 4,058 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0294 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1544 BTC for this block.
Block 962,499 is number 868 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,148 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,501 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. MARA Pool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,751 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.