About block 962,770
Bitcoin block 962,770 was mined by AntPool on August 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM UTC, 12 min 0 s after block 962,769. 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 4,507 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0305 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1555 BTC for this block.
Block 962,770 is number 1,139 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 877 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,230 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,605 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.