About block 962,572
Bitcoin block 962,572 was mined by F2Pool on August 15, 2026 at 12:17 PM UTC, 4 min 24 s after block 962,571. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,566 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% 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 0.0095 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1345 BTC for this block.
Block 962,572 is number 941 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,075 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,428 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. F2Pool found 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,705 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.