About block 962,561
Bitcoin block 962,561 was mined by AntPool on August 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM UTC, 17 min 22 s after block 962,560. 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 3,271 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0253 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1503 BTC for this block.
Block 962,561 is number 930 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,086 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,439 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. AntPool found 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,713 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.