About block 962,701
Bitcoin block 962,701 was mined by SECPOOL on August 16, 2026 at 8:33 AM UTC, 11 min 28 s after block 962,700. 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 5,159 transactions in 1.84 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 962,701 is number 1,070 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 946 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,299 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. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,634 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.