About block 962,675
Bitcoin block 962,675 was mined by AntPool on August 16, 2026 at 4:29 AM UTC, 5 min 46 s after block 962,674. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,251 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0072 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1322 BTC for this block.
Block 962,675 is number 1,044 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 972 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,325 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 11,649 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.