About block 962,734
Bitcoin block 962,734 was mined by AntPool on August 16, 2026 at 12:07 PM UTC, 19 min 38 s after block 962,733. 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 4,535 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 962,734 is number 1,103 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 913 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,266 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 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,616 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.