About block 962,778
Bitcoin block 962,778 was mined by SpiderPool on August 16, 2026 at 8:22 PM UTC, 6 seconds after block 962,777. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,802 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0110 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1360 BTC for this block.
Block 962,778 is number 1,147 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 869 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,222 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 11,602 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.