About block 962,797
Bitcoin block 962,797 was mined by SECPOOL on August 16, 2026 at 11:20 PM UTC, 5 min 32 s after block 962,796. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,029 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% 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 0.0115 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1365 BTC for this block.
Block 962,797 is number 1,166 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 850 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,203 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. SECPOOL found 34 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,589 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.