About block 962,777
Bitcoin block 962,777 was mined by SpiderPool on August 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM UTC, 28 min 50 s after block 962,776. 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 4,514 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0334 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1584 BTC for this block.
Block 962,777 is number 1,146 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 870 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,223 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. SpiderPool found 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,603 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.