About block 962,661
Bitcoin block 962,661 was mined by AntPool on August 16, 2026 at 2:16 AM UTC, 4 min 46 s after block 962,660. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,995 transactions in 1.96 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 962,661 is number 1,030 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 986 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,339 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,652 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.