About block 962,500
Bitcoin block 962,500 was mined by F2Pool on August 15, 2026 at 12:48 AM UTC, 34 min 48 s after block 962,499. 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 4,355 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0417 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1667 BTC for this block.
Block 962,500 is number 869 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,147 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,500 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.