About block 962,810
Bitcoin block 962,810 was mined by MARA Pool on August 17, 2026 at 1:24 AM UTC, 55 min 19 s after block 962,809. 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 4,422 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0409 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1659 BTC for this block.
Block 962,810 is number 1,179 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 837 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,190 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. MARA Pool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,580 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.