About block 962,509
Bitcoin block 962,509 was mined by F2Pool on August 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM UTC, 13 min 0 s after block 962,508. 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 5,245 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0163 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1413 BTC for this block.
Block 962,509 is number 878 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,138 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,491 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 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,745 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.