About block 962,524
Bitcoin block 962,524 was mined by SECPOOL on August 15, 2026 at 4:37 AM UTC, 11 min 48 s after block 962,523. 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 4,783 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0135 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 962,524 is number 893 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,123 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,476 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,739 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.