About block 962,587
Bitcoin block 962,587 was mined by AntPool on August 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM UTC, 9 min 48 s after block 962,586. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,155 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% 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 0.0166 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1416 BTC for this block.
Block 962,587 is number 956 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,060 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,413 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. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,695 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.