About block 962,736
Bitcoin block 962,736 was mined by ViaBTC on August 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM UTC, 14 min 12 s after block 962,735. 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 4,939 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 962,736 is number 1,105 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 911 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,264 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,625 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.