About block 962,640
Bitcoin block 962,640 was mined by AntPool on August 15, 2026 at 11:29 PM UTC, 9 min 59 s after block 962,639. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,961 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0140 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1390 BTC for this block.
Block 962,640 is number 1,009 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,007 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,360 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 11,666 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.