About block 962,806
Bitcoin block 962,806 was mined by AntPool on August 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM UTC, 17 min 59 s after block 962,805. 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 5,005 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 962,806 is number 1,175 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 841 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,194 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,581 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.