About block 962,820
Bitcoin block 962,820 was mined by MARA Pool on August 17, 2026 at 2:43 AM UTC, 34 seconds after block 962,819. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,383 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 962,820 is number 1,189 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 827 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 87,180 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. MARA Pool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11,572 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.