About block 962,655
Bitcoin block 962,655 was mined by SpiderPool on August 16, 2026 at 1:40 AM UTC, 14 min 36 s after block 962,654. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,677 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 962,655 is number 1,024 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 992 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,345 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. SpiderPool found 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,656 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.