About block 962,530
Bitcoin block 962,530 was mined by MARA Pool on August 15, 2026 at 5:45 AM UTC, 8 min 50 s after block 962,529. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,684 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0153 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1403 BTC for this block.
Block 962,530 is number 899 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,117 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,470 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. MARA Pool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,733 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.