About block 962,559
Bitcoin block 962,559 was mined by SpiderPool on August 15, 2026 at 10:32 AM UTC, 14 min 41 s after block 962,558. 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 5,051 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 962,559 is number 928 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,088 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,441 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. SpiderPool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,715 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.