About block 962,749
Bitcoin block 962,749 was mined by Unknown on August 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM UTC, 4 min 58 s after block 962,748. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,523 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 962,749 is number 1,118 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 898 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,251 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. Unknown found 16 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,617 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.