About block 962,585
Bitcoin block 962,585 was mined by MARA Pool on August 15, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC, 4 min 34 s after block 962,584. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,638 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0169 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1419 BTC for this block.
Block 962,585 is number 954 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,062 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,415 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. MARA Pool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,697 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.