About block 962,579
Bitcoin block 962,579 was mined by SpiderPool on August 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM UTC, 31 min 51 s after block 962,578. 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 4,637 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0368 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1618 BTC for this block.
Block 962,579 is number 948 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,068 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,421 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,703 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.