About block 962,597
Bitcoin block 962,597 was mined by SpiderPool on August 15, 2026 at 4:18 PM UTC, 5 min 56 s after block 962,596. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,489 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0109 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1359 BTC for this block.
Block 962,597 is number 966 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,050 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,403 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 11,692 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.