About block 962,762
Bitcoin block 962,762 was mined by SpiderPool on August 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM UTC, 13 min 47 s after block 962,761. 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 4,508 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0201 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1451 BTC for this block.
Block 962,762 is number 1,131 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 885 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,238 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. SpiderPool found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,608 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.