About block 962,779
Bitcoin block 962,779 was mined by AntPool on August 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM UTC, 1 min 39 s after block 962,778. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,556 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0073 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1323 BTC for this block.
Block 962,779 is number 1,148 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 868 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,221 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,601 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.