About block 962,697
Bitcoin block 962,697 was mined by SpiderPool on August 16, 2026 at 8:17 AM UTC, 10 min 37 s after block 962,696. 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 3,085 transactions in 1.33 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0132 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1382 BTC for this block.
Block 962,697 is number 1,066 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 950 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,303 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. SpiderPool found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,632 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.