About block 962,528
Bitcoin block 962,528 was mined by ViaBTC on August 15, 2026 at 5:36 AM UTC, 23 min 9 s after block 962,527. 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 4,743 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 962,528 is number 897 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,119 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,472 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. ViaBTC found 91 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,735 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.