About block 962,578
Bitcoin block 962,578 was mined by AntPool on August 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM UTC, 25 min 34 s after block 962,577. 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 4,959 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0289 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1539 BTC for this block.
Block 962,578 is number 947 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,069 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,422 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,699 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.