About block 962,673
Bitcoin block 962,673 was mined by MARA Pool on August 16, 2026 at 4:19 AM UTC, 12 min 52 s after block 962,672. 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 5,145 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 962,673 is number 1,042 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 974 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,327 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. MARA Pool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,645 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.