About block 962,627
Bitcoin block 962,627 was mined by AntPool on August 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM UTC, 8 min 58 s after block 962,626. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,139 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% 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 0.0233 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1483 BTC for this block.
Block 962,627 is number 996 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,020 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,373 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,673 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.