About block 962,748
Bitcoin block 962,748 was mined by AntPool on August 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM UTC, 8 min 57 s after block 962,747. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,221 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0159 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1409 BTC for this block.
Block 962,748 is number 1,117 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 899 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,252 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,618 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.