About block 962,679
Bitcoin block 962,679 was mined by SECPOOL on August 16, 2026 at 5:06 AM UTC, 10 min 4 s after block 962,678. 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 5,130 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 962,679 is number 1,048 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 968 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,321 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. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,645 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.