About block 962,584
Bitcoin block 962,584 was mined by SpiderPool on August 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM UTC, 5 min 55 s after block 962,583. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,123 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 962,584 is number 953 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,063 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,416 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,698 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.