About block 962,538
Bitcoin block 962,538 was mined by SpiderPool on August 15, 2026 at 7:26 AM UTC, 1 min 3 s after block 962,537. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,311 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% 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 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 962,538 is number 907 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,109 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,462 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. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,727 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.