About block 962,688
Bitcoin block 962,688 was mined by AntPool on August 16, 2026 at 7:06 AM UTC, 29 min 0 s after block 962,687. 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 3,873 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0274 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1524 BTC for this block.
Block 962,688 is number 1,057 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 959 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,312 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. AntPool found 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,640 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.